Tom Harper is head of APCO’s European Media relations practice and is a senior director based in London. He specializes in strategic and crisis communications for clients across Europe and is also a member of the firm’s Global Solutions team. Mr. Harper provides counsel to senior government officials, founders, CEOs and C-suite level clients on campaigns, reputation management, the media, politics and international relations.
Until I joined APCO, I never knew comms could be so much fun. The creativity, passion and dedication of our staff creates exceptional results that cannot be found elsewhere.
Prior to joining APCO, Mr. Harper consulted for other communications agencies involved in tech, finance, life sciences and the built environment.
Before entering the communications industry, Mr. Harper was a multi award-winning investigative journalist. He worked most recently as home affairs correspondent at the Sunday Times, covering the police, crime, security, intelligence, the courts, immigration, cyber, and hybrid warfare. He was investigations editor of The Independent where he covered similar areas and also conducted several investigations into corporate corruption in the City of London.
His honours included Scoop of the Year and Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. He has also been nominated as Specialist Journalist of the Year, News Reporter of the Year and Crime and Legal Affairs Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards.
Mr. Harper resigned from The Sunday Times to write a book about Scotland Yard which was published in the autumn of 2022.