City of London takes on former Labour Party comms head Bob Roberts

Roberts was director of comms at the Labour Party between 2010 and the May general election. He was previously a journalist for 20 years, working at regional newspapers, the Press Association and finally as political editor of the Daily Mirror.

He will take up his post on 2 November with a remit of delivering corporate comms to commercial and political audiences, as well as designing comms programmes for the corporation’s key services in the Square Mile and across London.

Roberts said: "I am delighted to taking up this role and look forward to working on a range of comms issues with my new colleagues."

In July, PRWeek reported that the City was looking for a new comms chief after Tony Halmos, who had held the role for 21 years, announced he would step down on 31 October.