Murray MacGregor has been working in the media and public relations since 1995 and has been Communications Director for West Midlands Ambulance Service since 2006. During that time he has overseen a significant development of the Trust’s internal communications and helped raise the profile of the organisation within the region and nationally. He has won commendations for work during the riots in 2011 and for the handling of the Smiler Ride crash at Alton Towers.
Prior to moving to the West Midlands, Murray worked for three years with Essex Ambulance Service and two years with Cambridgeshire Police. He was heavily involved in the initial phases of managing the media around the Soham Murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Murray’s background is as a radio journalist and worked for both the BBC and independent radio stations in Scotland and the south-east of England.