Katie Myler

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Katie Myler quit her role as senior media adviser to the new Labour leader Ed Miliband in November 2010. She went on to join Burson-Marsteller as director and senior consultant in corporate business. Burson-Marsteller is a global public relations and communications firm headquartered in New York City.

Myler also previously worked as a special adviser to two Labour secretaries of state, Andy Burnham and Jacqui Smith. [1]

She is said to have played a key role in Miliband's successful leadership campaign, acting as his press handler. Before moving into political communication, she spent a decade at GMTV as a senior producer. [2]

She is the daughter of Colin Myler, editor of News of the World. [2]

Notes

  1. John McTernan Ed Miliband needs his own Alastair Campbell like a hole in the head The Telegraph, 23 November 2010, accessed 22 October 2014
  2. 2.0 2.1 David Singleton and Alec Mattinson London PR consultancies move for advisers Mark Flanagan and Katie Myler PR Week, 18 November 2010, accessed 21 October 2014