DRAM COMMUNICATIONS - Key Persons


Colin Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Digital Partner
Colin is a graphic and website designer with over 20 years experience. He is fluent in all the latest design packages and provides the full suite of digital communications solutions. From creative marketing to branding, graphic and website design, build, and management, Colin brings fresh and innovative marketing and digital solutions to our clients.

David Macleod

Job Titles:
  • Partner
David is an experienced project and account manager who works with clients across public and private sectors to use data and research to shape thinking and develop business opportunities. As a trained economist, David has worked with clients to develop research and economic impact studies, Corporate Responsibility programmes, to support business planning and on a range of multi-stakeholder projects. He has led a number of large-scale change programmes for both the public and private sectors.

David McIntosh

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
David has over 20 years experience in corporate communications, public affairs and crisis management. He devises and delivers public affairs and government relations strategies across a number of sectors. Before co-founding Dram Communications, David was Head of Public Affairs at BAA Scotland. He has also held senior government affairs roles at Scotland's national tourism agency, VisitScotland, ScottishPower and the European Commission.

David Ross - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
As co-founder of Dram Communications, David has extensive corporate communications experience and delivers reputation management and communications strategies to UK and international clients. David was previously Corporate Communications Project Director at ScottishPower, based in the UK and USA, specialising in investor relations, and strategic planning. David has post-graduate qualifications in marketing communications and procurement and is proud to be a trustee at the music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins Scotland.

Jayne Swanson

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Partner
For over 20 years Jayne has been helping organisations and individuals to communicate effectively. As a communications and public affairs consultant her client portfolio has included major corporations, professional bodies and charities. Her expertise is strategic communications; working hand in glove with clients to plan and deliver whatever element of communications is required. Jayne has an interesting (and valuable) skill set combining communications and political experience with that of mediation and coaching.

Marie Burman

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Partner
Marie has a wealth of UK corporate communications experience, specialising in planning and delivering strategic communications, UK wide government and political engagement. As well as copywriting, narrative and messaging development, stakeholder relationship building and collaboration, crisis and issues management and developing corporate responsibility strategies. Prior to joining Dram Communications, Marie was Senior Public Affairs Manager for Competitiveness and Skills for Nestlé UK & Ireland and Board Director and Head of Crisis & Issues Management at the Corporate Affairs Division of global communications and public relations agency Cohn & Wolfe.