Lauren Myers-Cavanagh has joined Twitter as its new Head of Policy Communications for Asia Pacific based in Singapore. Lauren will set the strategy for policy communications working in partnership with Twitter’s public policy team, focusing in particular on issues of transparency, the open internet and Twitter’s work to protect the conversation around elections. Lauren joins Twitter from Edelman, where she advised clients and internal stakeholders at the highest levels on corporate reputation, issues-based campaigns, advocacy and executive profiling.