Jumeirah Appoints Vice President Of Corporate Communications

Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hospitality company and a member of Dubai Holding, has appointed Piers Schreiber to the new position of Vice-President of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs.

Piers Schreiber brings 20 years of experience in international corporate communications. Prior to joining Jumeirah, he was the co-founder of The Communication Matrix, a consultancy specialising in communication strategy, change management and multinational media relations. His clients included the International Finance Corporation (World Bank), Shell, Dell, Nutricia, Zain, Mubadala and BT.

He previously headed corporate communications for KPNQwest in the Netherlands, ran the European corporate practice for Ogilvy Public Relations in Brussels and spearheaded European Commission projects for The Rowland Company (Saatchi & Saatchi) in Brussels, Prague and across central and eastern Europe. In his earlier career he worked at Charles University, Prague and the Université de Poitiers, France.

A British citizen, Piers Schreiber was educated at Bryanston School in the UK, graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge University and has an MBA from the University of Strathclyde.