Portland names new public affairs Managing Partner

Mace | 7th July 2026 | Moves

Portland has appointed Tom Rayner as the new Managing Partner of its public affairs and policy team.

Tom Rayner has been promoted to managing partner of Portland’s public affairs and policy team, following the departure of Anita Boateng, who left the agency to become president at rival consultancy Hanover. Rayner will continue to lead the consultancy’s work across the entertainment, media and sport sector. Simon Whitehead, chief executive of Portland, said: “Tom is the ideal modern-day public affairs leader and I am thrilled that he is taking up the leadership of our public affairs and policy team. “A senior C-suite adviser steeped in policy issues, he has worked both in front of and behind the political camera as well as operating across digital platforms. He is a natural communicator and a strong collaborator, and I am so excited to see what he will do in the next phase of our development at Portland.”

"He is a natural communicator and a strong collaborator"

Rayner has worked as a partner at Portland for more than two years, specialising in government relations, policy ...

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