Dieter Loraine

Dieter Loraine is co-founder and Managing Director of Albany Associates – a strategic communications company that specialises in helping to strengthen the resilience of the media and civil societies in fragile and conflict affected countries.

He had a successful career in the Royal Marines, retiring in 1995 as Assistant Director of Public Relations for the Royal Marines in the UK Ministry.  Since that time he has garnered over 20 years’ experience of strategic communications, institution building and media and regulatory development, helping to establish and advising more than twenty media and press councils across South East Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.