DAVID MCDONOUGH
A veteran of the corridors of power and the byways of influence for more than four decades, McDonough is trusted…
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How to stop work from killing you – Billions-style
As the second season of the addictive Sky Atlantic hedge fund drama Billions begins, Spear’s Sophie McIntyre speaks to psychiatrist…
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ROSS GOW
‘That would be an interesting gig, working with Trump,’ muses Gow in answer to our hypothetical question. ‘I would’. ‘People…
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ANDREW GRANT
An astute adviser to blue-chip multinationals and C-suite HNWs on their reputations in the financial markets, Grant and his team…
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CHARLIE METHVEN
‘There seem to be plenty of opportunities in our Mayfair marketplace,’ says Methven of his Grosvenor Street ‘intelligent advisory service’,…
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ANDREW HONNOR
Having worked with the government, BA, Goldman Sachs and RBS, Honnor stepped into the hotseat of public affairs director at…
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MARK HUTCHINSON
A PR practitioner with over twenty years’ experience working both in-house and for an agency, Hutchinson has been running his…
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ROLAND RUDD
A year described by a peer as one of ‘thoughtful expansion’ has seen the ‘hands-on’ Rudd oversee an alliance with…
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STUART LEACH
A former lawyer himself, Leach has recently added another former advocate to his team, giving it the cross-jurisdictional savoir-faire to…
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TIM LUCKETT
‘There is no smoother operator in the field,’ says one FTSE 100 client who has the engaging and likeable Luckett…
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SIR ALAN PARKER
PR powerhouse Parker, who is friends with Gordon Brown and the Camerons, chairs the 850-strong private partnership and communications firm,…
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GEORGE THWAITES
Having previously worked at the Mail on Sunday, where he broke a number of stories (one claiming to have unmasked…
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DAVID YELLAND
Yelland could be a modern Cato. ‘To anyone running a large organisation, or any person of influence, ask yourself one…
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DAVE KING
Dave King digitalis While some still talk of social media (and even the internet) as a new phenomenon, woe betide…
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ED WILLIAMS
A former journalist and communications honcho at the BBC and Reuters, today Williams is a respected corporate counsellor, advising movers…
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PAUL BLANCHARD
Blanchard speaks to Spear’s having just flown in from the States, where he’s recently taken on several major clients, prompting…
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ANTHONY SIMON
‘People see the world differently,’ says Simon of the ‘contextual shift’ in Western politics. It is a trend that called…
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RODDY CHISHOLM BATTEN
‘It just keeps coming,’ says Chisholm Batten of the torrent of phone-hacking claims he continues to take on against both…
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MIKE BROOKES
‘Defamation is still alive and well,’ says Brookes, dispelling any notions of the initial doom and gloom that plagued claimant…
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GERRARD TYRRELL
A privacy and reputation lawyer whose own reputation stands ‘second to none’ according to peers, Tyrrell is known to represent…
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