Global connected intelligence company Kantar has announced that Sarah Wait, director of forward planning services, has been appointed by the Company of Communicators to the position of master for the 2019-2020 term.

In her year-long tenure as master, Wait will be responsible for leading the agenda of the company, leading stakeholder engagement, raising its profile, as well as shaping best practice throughout the communications industry.

The Company of Communicators is one of a number of modern livery companies, designed to promote the communications profession within the livery movement and the City of London, as well as contribute to society through charitable giving. Its remit includes public relations, public affairs, corporate, external and internal communications.

Wait says, “It’s a real honour to be selected as master by the Company of Communicators, and I’m keen to make the very most of this prestigious role. Every year must have a theme, and mine has been consistent throughout my time at the company: inclusion, diversity and equality."

I’m proud to be the sixth female Master, but that diversity goes even further than gender. Whether it’s ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, age, diversity of thought, or socio-economic experience, celebrating a whole range of identities allows us to be truly inclusive, and infinitely more representative of the profession we serve.”