Biography of Jonathan Steffen

Jonathan Steffen is Managing Director of The Corporate Story Ltd. He has specialised in international corporate communications for twenty-five years.

A graduate of King's College, Cambridge, Jonathan holds an honours degree in English language and literature. Since graduating, he has combined his interest in writing with his interest in business, working variously as a translator, interpreter, editor and more recently corporate communications consultant and ghost-writer.

Before establishing The Corporate Story, Jonathan held directorships at several major PR agencies. He has worked in-house in corporate communications (at Hoechst AG) and also lectured in communication studies (at Heidelberg University).

Jonathan has advised companies as diverse as Royal DSM NV, Norwich Union Life, Rentokil Initial PLC, Shell European Oil Products, Shell Solar, Johnson & Johnson, Canada Life, Cargill, Inc., Air Products, Inc., Citigroup, Novartis, BASF, GlaxoSmithKline, EUROFORUM GmbH, Energizer, Yahoo!, SAP AG, Henkel Teroson GmbH, Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Carl Freudenberg and Cargolux Airlines S.A.

Jonathan frequently publishes and speaks on the subject of change in the workplace. His writing has appeared in Business Age, Strategic Communication Management, Journal of Communication Management, Knowledge Management Review and Journal of Change Management , among other titles.

A member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and of the Institute of Directors, Jonathan is fluent in German and French. He is supported by a range of associates with director-level experience in agency and in-house roles.