John Underwood (PR adviser)

John Underwood is a PR adviser, now executive director of Freshwater UK PLC.

He is also director of the Centre for Health Communication Research at Buckinghamshire New University where he has been a visiting professor since 2011.

He founded the Clear consultancy in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, where he presented After Dark, a late-night discussion programme.

He has advised NHS organisations on communication issues including major health service reconfigurations.

Underwood is former chair and trustee of the health charity, Alcohol Change UK [1] and a trustee of the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP),[2] which operates an accredited register for non-surgical cosmetic practitioners.