Knights MPR is an independent communications, PR, and brand advisory team founded in 2019 by Jason Knights, with a mission to help companies and their employees in maritime and shipping, renewable energy, nuclear, oil and gas, and manufacturing to create engaging, accountable content and brand flaring campaigns that help to influence audience mindsets and drive commercial value.
We are a collaborative bunch of networked experts, working diligently and with quality to ensure you get the campaign results you need. We deliver with certainty and reliability every time, and our speed of response helps provide that assurance for you and your team when you need it most – even when the unexpected happens.
Our ethos is to take a ‘Human-2-Human’ communications approach to transform businesses and their markets by engaging with journalists, influencers and authorities to deliver quality insights on economic, social, technical and environmental activities.
We also have a curious mindset, so we always work to find new and innovative ways of communicating with your audiences on everyday service, product or technology insights. No matter your company size, we’ve got the resources, expertise and experience in Maritime PR, Shipping PR, Renewable PR, Energy PR, Nuclear PR, Oil and Gas PR, and Manufacturing PR to help your brand flare with integrity and influence.
Meet the Team
Our founding roots are in the creative hub of Cornwall, UK, and our team of experts span across Great Britain, Singapore, North America, Canada, Brazil, Middle East, throughout Europe, and Australia. Our network features some of the best experts working in communications, PR, government and industry relations across the maritime and shipping, renewable energy, nuclear, oil and gas, and manufacturing sectors.
And, we make sure that every one of our clients partner with an agency director who has a stake in Knights MPR, which means a highly motivated leader will manage your activity, with hands-on senior counsel as standard. There’s no flannel, no time watching, and no hidden costs!
Graham Buckley
Lead Client Consultant – Europe
Graham is a highly motivated, experienced and award-winning PR and Communications specialist who for the past 27 years has represented international brands and corporations at local, regional, national and international levels, including Honeywell, Alpha Solway, Globus Group, Ultrabeam, Marigold Industrial, and more!
Known for a clear, strategic and results-focused approach, combined with a highly conscientious and dedicated focus on getting the job done with passion and energy. Industry experience spans a range of sectors including Oil & Gas/Off-Shore, Health and Safety, Renewables, Industrial Engineering, Construction and Medical.
He is NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) accredited with experience as a news and feature writer for a range of newspapers before working in an award-winning agency in Cheltenham – picking up the UK’s Best Charity/Not for Profit and UK’s Best Trade and Technical Campaign accolades in his time.
Graham has developed a broad expertise and experience across the full communications spectrum – often focused on positioning clients as thought-leaders, innovators and specialists in their specific fields.
Sabina Zawadzki
Lead Client Consultant – APAC
Sabina is a 14-year veteran of Reuters, specialising in the global energy sector after postings abroad covering general and macroeconomic news in Warsaw, Brussels, Kiev, New York and Copenhagen. Her experiences range from assignments covering the 2014 war in Ukraine, EU antitrust reporting to scrutiny of the giant U.S. oil market and the global LNG industry.
She also served as a communications manager at Maersk Oil, at the time a top 25 global oil company, where she ran proactive media relations, created and edited a company magazine and handled crisis and M&A communications.
Her energetic approach led her to learn how to escape a sinking helicopter, roll with the North Sea aboard an FPSO, stroll the Kazakh steppe alongside nodding donkeys and witness mile-long trains carrying North Dakotan shale oil. Along the way, she acquired a passion and deep respect for the colossal industries that power the world and the people working for them.
Sabina applies her reporting flair to find stories within companies that evidence key messages credibly. She is passionate about uncovering valuable knowledge – stripping away jargon, rumour, misconceptions – and presenting it in a clear insightful way.
Today, her sleuthing tendencies are used to support management due diligence and helping our clients engage and manage media in the energy and maritime sectors.
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Lead Client Consultant – North America
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Kami Paulson
Head of Client & Media Communications – Maritime
Kami Paulson is a highly skilled communications leader with more than 19 years of experience and a proven track record working in both in-house and agency roles. With a degree in Marketing Communications, Kami is a versatile professional specializing in PR, digital communications, brand management and internal communications. She has extensive expertise in communications planning and strategy, crisis communications, and setting up marketing communications functions for early-stage organizations.
Over the years, Kami has led successful communications initiatives across a variety of sectors. Notably, Kami spent more than six years as Head of Communications at Wake Media Ltd, where she was responsible for designing and implementing PR strategies for a range of clients. Kami has also held senior roles at organizations such as Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, the NIHR Clinical Research Network and English Partnerships, where she oversaw campaigns, digital and social media communications, stakeholder engagement, and crisis management.
Now, as Head of Client Communications at Knights MPR, Kami brings her deep expertise in strategic communications to help clients operating in maritime and energy industries to navigate the complexities of today’s ever-evolving landscape.
Samira Nadkarni
Content & Insights Consultant
Samira Nadkarni supports content ideas and insight opportunities at Knights MPR, shaping the narratives that influence how complex industries are understood, valued and acted upon.
With more than a decade in journalism followed by senior agency and in-house communications roles, Samira brings a rare combination of editorial judgement, sector knowledge and data-led analysis. Her work sits at the intersection of communications, market intelligence and commercial positioning – translating technical, regulatory and strategic developments into clear, authoritative narratives for business, investor and policy audiences.
Before joining Knights MPR in her part-time role, Samira held senior leadership roles including Head of Communications at Smart Green Shipping and Head of Content at Intent Communications, where she led multi-account programmes across maritime, energy, renewables and logistics. She has delivered industry reports, policy-led research and global thought leadership campaigns for organisation including the International Chamber of Shipping, Inmarsat, Lloyd’s Register Foundation and IHS Markit.
At Knights MPR, Samira works with senior leadership teams to define narrative territory, develop high-impact content programmes and build authoritative positions in global media and industry channels.
Amy McLellan
Client Copywriter & Campaign Editor
Amy McLellan has been writing about the offshore and maritime sectors since 1998, when she got her first job covering the North Sea spot market for Lloyd’s List and its sister paper Energy Day. It’s an industry that has taken her all over the world, from Norwegian FPSOs to Persian Gulf oil rigs, from Arctic Circle work camps to Iranian gas plants.
Amy is the former editor of Frontier Energy, covering policies, politics and people in the ice-covered regions of the world, and has written extensively for a wide range of shipping, energy and investment publications and websites. Amy’s work has appeared in The Independent, IMarEST News, Breakbulk, and Master Investor, as well as combining reporting on the environment, energy and shipping with features for the national newspapers on healthcare, education and finance.
Whether facing the harsh conditions of the Arctic, being air-dropped onto oil rigs, extracting news on the ground in Tehran, or reporting on corruption in the Chinese oil industry, Amy’s tenacious approach to storytelling gave her the courage to get to the heart of things. Her coverage wasn’t always at the dangerous extremes of life and Amy also has plenty of experience interviewing celebrities in the fields of sport, music, film and TV, and politics, giving her an insight into those worlds.
Jonathan Davis
Client Copywriter & Campaign Editor
Jonathan Davis is an experienced writer, editor, and content specialist focusing on the energy and resources sectors.
Jonathan started his career in journalism working on news and business publications in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Edinburgh, Scotland. He has written and edited for B2B publications covering technology, finance, and business leadership, but discovered his passion for global energy and resources as a reporter and editor for Upstream, the oil & gas publication.
Since then, he’s gone on to cover aluminum processing and coal and heavy mineral extraction in South Africa, working with stakeholders from CEOs and investors to local community leaders.
At Knights MPR, Jonathan works primarily to support our digital, creative, and public relations activities to help to deliver a wide range of editorial and communications content for our clients in the U.S and beyond.
Anthea Pitt
Associate Consultant – Global
Anthea is a strategic communications consultant specialising in energy and sustainability, with over three decades of experience spanning journalism, corporate communications and advisory work. She supports leaders and organisations navigating complex industrial, political and reputational environments, helping them shape clear, compelling narratives.
With deep expertise across the energy transition, offshore industries, decarbonisation and emerging clean technologies, Anthea works with Knights MPR to strengthen client strategy, media engagement and executive visibility. Her approach blends analytical clarity with a strong editorial instinct, enabling clients to communicate confidently in high-stakes contexts.
She started her career as a journalist, working in newsrooms in Australia and the UK before covering the international energy sector, where she built a reputation for rigorous analysis and impactful storytelling. She later moved into senior corporate communications roles at TotalEnergies, Wood Mackenzie and the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative, advising executives on media engagement, crisis and issues navigation and organisation-wide strategic messaging.
Anthea brings a breadth of sector insight and a calm, incisive, editorial style that clients value when the issues are complex and the stakes are high.
Nancy Dunnahoe
Associate Consultant – North America
Nancy is a professional writer and content strategist with more than 20 years of experience as a business communicator.
Nancy works for Waites as Director of Brand and Communications and is an award-winning B2B content leader who most recently built the content marketing function for a Fortune 500 chemical distribution company. Nancy also served as a media representative for the offshore energy sector and was Associate Managing Editor of E&P magazine.
Nancy has developed technical and commercial content across a range of industries, including maritime and shipping, renewable energy, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, construction, agriculture, safety and risk management, and sustainability.
She holds a BA degree in English-Creative Writing from the University of Houston Honors College and an MA in Arts Leadership from the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts at the University of Houston.
Nancy provides strategic counsel to Knights and its team on a regular basis.
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Associate Consultant – Asia
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Jonathan Dyble
Writer and Content Specialist
Jonathan Dyble, Partner at WD Editorial, is a freelance writer and content consultant working with us on a wide range of editorial and content support. Jonathan has worked with Tom over a number of years in multi-industry roles, including three years spent working together publishing business magazines.
Jonathan has several years of experience in the B2B media world, producing and editing content across a range of industries. This includes a proven track record in planning and executing lead generation, email and inbound marketing campaigns.
Tom Wadlow
Writer and Content Specialist
Tom Wadlow, Partner at WD Editorial, is a freelance writer and content consultant working with us on a wide range of editorial and content support. Tom’s experience extends over several years in creating, writing and publishing business and trade magazines.
A fully NCTJ-qualified and experienced journalist, Tom has trained at the Press Association before moving on to edit numerous B2B trade publications in various roles, and at award-winning contract publisher Archant Dialogue.
We’re Growing!
Head of Client & Media Communications – Energy
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Media Buying and Sponsorships Manager
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Digital Media Communications Specialist
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Client Services & New Business Manager – UK & Europe
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Client Services & New Business Manager – APAC
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Client Services & New Business Manager – North America
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Jason Knights
Founder and Lead Director
Jason is an experienced and chartered communications and marketing specialist, with over 25 years’ experience in B2B and B2C national and international companies, working in the energy, marine, consumer durables, engineering, manufacturing, Local Government and education markets at the highest levels, shaping both business and communication strategies.
He has successfully delivered insight on industry issues, media and investor engagement, crisis management to safeguard industry relations, brand transformations, and results driven communication activities in the public (FTSE 250) and private sectors.
Knights MPR’s contribution is recognised by the Maritime UK Awards for International Trade, the Campaign Experience Awards, the PRmoment Awards and in the StartUp Awards National Series. In 2022 the agency won ‘Best New Agency’ in the Bulldog PR Awards; ‘New PR Agency of the Year’ by Corporate LiveWire Awards; and ‘Best Marine & Maritime PR Experts’ by the Logistics Warehouse & Supply Chain Awards.
The founder’s past contribution at Lloyd’s Register has been peer reviewed and recognised by the Public Relations and Communications Association’s (PRCA) National Awards 2018, the Gartner Communication Awards 2019, and as Finalist in the 2019 Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Awards.
Previous awards include the B2B Marketing Awards 2017, Petroleum Economist Awards 2016, British Quality Foundation Achievement Award for Employee Engagement 2014, and the EIC Award for Supply Chain Excellence 2013.
As well as taking a leadership role in shaping the direction and day-to-day management of Knights MPR, Jason has completed a Non-Executive Director role with CELT Education Trust in the South West of England, UK.
“Through the way we engage on commercial and industry insights in maritime, energy, shipping, manufacturing and aerospace, we have proved that compelling content-led PR can be an extremely effective tool for raising the profile of a company, and gaining traction for ideas and initiatives as a mainstream concern.”
