Media Centre
Contacting AA Public Relations and Public Affairs
If you're an AA member/customer with a comment or question relating directly to campaigns and motoring policy then please email the Public Affairs team at publicaffairs@theaa.com or post your comment in the AA Zone.
If you're an AA customer and your enquiry relates to any other matter including AA products and services then please use our email us form, as this will ensure that your enquiry can be directed to the appropriate department and dealt with as efficiently as possible. Alternatively you can telephone using hte most appropriate number shown on our contact us page.
If you have come here because you are experiencing difficulty using the email us form then please email customer.services@theaa.com. (please mention the operating system/web browser you are using)
Journalists
The AA has two generic phone numbers for media enquiries – one for our Public Affairs team who deal with matters of motoring policy eg. fuel prices, road safety, transport policy etc, and one for the commercial press office for enquiries relating to AA products and services e.g. breakdown cover and associated services, insurance, loans and savings, driving school, AA Roadwatch, publishing, signs and hotel services.
AA Public Affairs (policy matters - media only): 01256 493493(24hrs)
AA Press Office (commercial products and services): 01256 495969 (weekday office hours only)
Email accounts are monitored during normal office hours only.
To email AA Public Affairs: publicaffairs@theaa.com
To email the commercial AA Press Office: press.office@theaa.com
Post
The postal address for both AA Public Affairs and the commercial press office is:
The Automobile Association
Fanum House UG
Basing View
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4EA
Meet the teams
Edmund King, President of the AA
Office (Basingstoke): 01256 492380
Twitter: @AAPresident
Sue Dodds, PA to Edmund King
Office (direct dial): 01256 491538
Public Affairs
Paul Watters, Head of Public Affairs
Roads & Traffic, Parking, DVLA, Signs, Infrastructure, AA/Populus panel, European issues
Office (direct dial): 01256 493491
Andrew Howard, Head of Road Safety
Road Safety and car crime
Office (direct dial): 01256 493492
Luke Bosdet, Head of Media
Consumer issues, fuel prices
Office (direct dial): 01256 492080
Vanessa Guyll, Technical Specialist
Fuels, environment, safety, vehicle design, manufacture, servicing and repair
Office (direct dial): 01256 492555
Public Relations
Sue Beeson, Head of AA PR
AA brand and all AA products/services
Office: 01256 495969
Ian Crowder, PR Manager Financial Services
Insurance, personal finance, credit card, British Insurance Premium Index
Office: 01256 495969
Gavin Hill-Smith, PR Officer
Roadside/Breakdown, Patrol force, general motoring advice, logo/image requests
Office: 01256 495969
Katie Stephens, Senior PR Officer
Publishing, Roadside/breakdown, Business Services, European Breakdown Cover
Office: 01256 495969
Pete Barnao, Senior PR Officer
Driving School, Roadside/breakdown, Insurance
Office: 01256 495969
Other products & services
Related information
25 February 2010