Marianna Panizza

Marianna is a strategic communications and reputation adviser with over 20 years’ experience advising CEOs, business leaders and government on complex political, commercial and reputational challenges. She specialises in corporate positioning, policy advocacy and campaigning, with particular expertise in infrastructure, transport and highly scrutinised, regulated sectors.

Before joining Hawthorn, Marianna held senior leadership roles at Heathrow, where she helped secure parliamentary backing for a third runway, and at the Rail Delivery Group, where she led corporate affairs for Britain’s rail industry through the Covid pandemic, industrial disputes and major structural reform.

Her experience spans both senior in-house leadership and strategic consultancy, helping organisations influence policy, build coalitions and secure the social licence and stakeholder support needed to deliver their ambitions.