COMMUNITY PROFILE

Tabitha Aldrich-Smith

Head of Group Internal Communications

Balfour Beatty plc

Tabitha Aldrich-Smith joined Whitbread as Communications Director in 2008.

As the UK's largest hotel and restaurant business, Whitbread's brands are Premier Inn, Beefeater, Table Table, Brewers Fayre, Taybarns and Costa Coffee.

Tabitha is responsible for Group Communications which included internal communications, financial and corporate reputation and leadership PR.

Her most recent projects include the launch of Whitbread's 'Good Together' sustainability programme, lobbying MPs to use budget hotels and redefining Whitbread's corporate identity and core values.

Tabitha lives in London and holds a degree in Psychology and a Masters in International Business.