Cheryl Douglas

Cheryl Douglas

Cheryl Douglas is head of media research and jobs (EMEA) at Cision. In February 2010 Cheryl joined Gorkana, which is now owned by Cision. She was brought in to drive best practice and revamp the database research team. Cheryl previously worked for News UK (17 years) covering a number of high level positions within The Times, Sunday Times, The Sun. Her last role within the News UK was brand compliance. Cheryl joined The London Press Club in February 2015 as her commitment to the media industry.

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