Bio

Kenza Essalama is the Senior Marketing and Brand Manager at Founders Pledge, where she leads our brand storytelling and public presence. She is an experienced narrative and communications strategist, having worked with organisations including the Centre for Disaster Protection, Climate Outreach, and the Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team. Notably, she worked with Imperial College London to develop a new narrative for climate scientists to communicate more effectively about climate change.

Previously, she led digital communications at the environmental think tank Green Alliance, where she co-ordinated the social media campaign to ban disposable vapes in the UK. Earlier in her career, she worked in gender and global health.

Residing in London, Kenza holds a BA in International Relations from King’s College London and is currently pursuing her MA in Human Rights part-time. When she’s not busy studying, she can be found shopping, visiting art galleries, and catching up with friends.

Q&A with Kenza

Q: If you could choose anyone famous (real or fictional) to have dinner with who would they be and why?

Olivia Pope. A true (albeit fictional) powerhouse of comms and fashion with inimitable gravitas. I'd like to think we'd see eye to eye on the white hat thing.

Q: As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

An actress, and then a lawyer. I love dressing up and arguing/debating so they were solid career paths, but I've been able to do elements of both those things in my career now!

Q: If a movie was made of your life what genre would it be, who would play you?

A sharp dramedy. Emily Blunt would play me and, obviously, I'd insist Shonda Rhimes directs.