Trisha Palmer, CPSM
Since 2024
Active
SMPS member
AEC marketing professional
Trisha leads comprehensive marketing and growth strategies for Arthian, one of Scotland’s largest multi-disciplinary consulting firms created through the 2024 merger of Mabbett & Associates and IKM Consulting. With approximately 200 consultants across 19 UK and Ireland offices, Arthian provides integrated planning, environmental, engineering, safety, and sustainability consulting services. As Head of Marketing & Growth, she drives strategic brand development and business expansion across energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and built environment sectors.
Her expertise spans engineering consulting, environmental services, energy transition, and decarbonisation initiatives, with specialized focus on industrial safety training, process safety, HSE programs, and technical learning solutions. Trisha brings distinctive capabilities in technical content development, having previously served as Technical Director where she built expertise in 3D visualizations, e-learning platforms, and competency management systems for petrochemical and energy sectors.
With international experience spanning UK, Canadian, and global energy markets, she has contributed to marketing excellence at prominent firms including BP, where she managed stakeholder communications for major project engineering initiatives. Her comprehensive understanding of complex technical services enables effective marketing support for high-hazard industrial environments, LNG infrastructure projects, and energy transition strategies serving both public and private sector clients.
Trisha demonstrates exceptional professional leadership through her CPSM certification achievement and distinguished credentials as a Chartered Marketer (CMktr) and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM), positioning her among the most credentialed marketing professionals in the engineering and environmental consulting sectors. Her Fellowship designation represents the highest level of professional marketing achievement in the UK, recognizing sustained excellence and leadership contributions to the marketing profession.
As a marketing entrepreneur, Trisha founded and operated Acer Media for nearly a decade, providing cutting-edge operations training and HSE safety products to the international oil and gas industry. This entrepreneurial foundation developed her specialized expertise in technical marketing for high-hazard industries and complex engineering environments. Her business acumen and self-starter capabilities enable significant organizational impact in driving strategic growth initiatives.
Her professional development journey includes certifications in management from York University and Learning and Performance Institute Fellowship, demonstrating sustained commitment to continuous learning. Trisha’s marketing leadership has supported major infrastructure projects including Crown LNG’s Grangemouth floating LNG import terminal and contributed to business development across petrochemical, renewable energy, and energy security sectors.
Her extensive background working directly with operations teams has established a solid technical marketing foundation, with proven success in translating complex engineering and environmental services into compelling digital media and thought leadership content that builds brand awareness and drives business growth.
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