Dr György Szondi is a guest lecturer at IBS, where he is the module leader for Corporate Communication at both BA and MA levels. Before joining IBS, he was a senior lecturer at Leeds Business School, delivering modules on public relations. He has been a lecturer at several universities across Europe, including the UK, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Estonia. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Salzburg, Austria and an MSc in Public Relations from the University of Stirling, UK. His interest and publications include international public relations, public diplomacy, nation branding, risk and crises communication. He has designed and led communication training courses for the School of Government in the UK; the Government of Estonia, the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs, and public diplomacy workshops for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union’s European External Action Service in Brussels. Prior to academia, he worked for Hill and Knowlton, the international PR consultancy in Budapest, Hungary, and in its international headquarters in London.