Phil Hall

Spear’s Review

Phil Hall founded the PHA Group in 2005, with three simple aims in mind: ‘I wanted to work with passionate people, I wanted to be known for delivering a strategy, not just talking a good game, and I wanted the industry to talk about us.’

The former News of the World editor has certainly achieved those aims. His agency, which started with one client (Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills), now has a host of active businesses and high-profile individuals on its books. ‘We know what we do matters to our clients and letting them down is not an option,’ says Hall.

Its crisis team covers the full gamut of prevention and management, equipping clients with personalised services to defuse crisis and mitigate risk.