Former Head of Social Media for BBC Television, Rowan Kerek Robertson is a Social Media and Digital Media Consultant, Strategist, Producer and Trainer with over 15 years wide ranging experience in the field of online communications.

Her work has involved setting the social media direction and strategy for very well known brands as well as ones without the benefit of global attention. Today she has worked with many companies across many industries, including global publishers, investment banks, pharmaceutical companies, digital agencies, charities, broadcasters, universities and more. Rowan is a passionate public speaker about social media and digital content and a 2019 Royal Television Society West judge.

Sharing her expertise has always been an important aspect of her work and she now spends a lot of time involved with digital training. She has written and delivered bespoke social media training materials for the European Parliament, UK Digital Cities, BBC Digital Season, universities, Rotary International UK’s senior team, the Royal College of GPs, BBC Springwatch, the Association of Science and Discovery Centres, The British Antique Dealers’ Association as well as having rewritten one of the BBC Academy’s core social media training courses (many years after developing the first ever social media training for BBC Television in 2006!).