Robbie Gibb
Sir Robbie Gibb | |
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| Downing Street Director of Communications | |
| In office 6 July 2017 – 24 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Katie Perrior |
| Succeeded by | Lee Cain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Paul Gibb 29 September 1964 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Louise Boyd |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Sir Nick Gibb (brother) |
| Alma mater | Royal Holloway, University of London |
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Sir Robert Paul Gibb (born 29 September 1964) is a British public relations professional and former political advisor and broadcast journalist.
He is the brother of Sir Nick Gibb, the former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton. After graduating from Royal Holloway, University of London, he pursued a career as a journalist with his first role as a political researcher at the BBC. He then became chief of staff for Conservative MP Francis Maude in the late 1990s. Gibb returned to the BBC in 2002 as the deputy political editor of Newsnight and went on to edit various television programmes including Daily Politics, The Andrew Marr Show, and This Week.
Gibb was Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street Director of Communications between 2017 and 2019. Gibb then became a senior advisor for the public relations consultancy Kekst CNC. He joined the BBC Board as a non-executive director in 2021.