Our team

Exceptional public relations for exceptional clients.

BakerBaird is a multi-award-winning public relations consultancy based in Nottingham in the East Midlands.

We combine experience and in-depth understanding of public and private sectors to create results for our clients.

Backgrounds in Government communications, journalism, public affairs and business, along with an enviable black book of the UK’s movers and shakers, gives BakerBaird a unique ability to see business challenges from every perspective.

Richard Baker

A former daily newsroom Deputy Editor and Business Editor, Richard combines long experience of daily journalism with an in-depth knowledge of business and the economy.

He has delivered award-winning campaigns for business and local government, working on large-scale regeneration initiatives, major development projects, and with businesses in tech, data analytics, design engineering, infrastructure project management and with universities in science, innovation and manufacturing. He has undertaken trade missions to Germany, India and China.

Stuart Baird

Stuart is an award-winning communicator, having delivered national campaigns such as Think! and Change4Life. He has worked in the Strategic Communications Unit at 10 Downing Street. With Secretaries of State and Ministers and directed communications in both NHS England and Scotland. He has been a specialist coach to Ministers, diplomats and leadership teams for more than 20 years with work in Africa, South-East Asia, the Middle East and the USA.

He was named a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in 2023.

Gaby Taylor

Gaby is an expert in public and third sector communications, with a specialism in health. She has worked on national campaigns for the Department of Health, regional NHS projects and led the regional marcomms for the British Heart Foundation. Most recently she was Director of Communications for Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Formerly, she worked on a wide range of Whitehall client campaigns for Government and in the charity sector.