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Edelman offices, Avenue Marnixlaan 28, Brussels

Edelman is the largest independently owned PR company with 46 offices and 50 affiliates around the world.

History

Founded in 1952, the company employs approximately 1856 people worldwide and in 2002 generated revenues of $206 million.

According to O'Dwyers PR Services listings, the largest contributors to Edelman’s 2002 earnings were from its healthcare practice ($56.71 million), high technology ($44.1 million), financial and investor relations ($33.1 million) and food ($21.46 million).^[1]

According to Edelman’s it is currently ranked the sixth largest of all PR companies based on 2001 turnover figures.^[2]

Edelman’s tops O’Dwyers rankings as the leader in environmental PR of all companies, earning $9.5 million in 2002. (However, it is worth noting that a number of the largest PR companies do not participate O’Dwyer’s rankings.)

In 2013, according to O'Dwyers, Edelman were the leading PR company with net fees of $734,177,526.^[3]

In 2014 the firm's revenue grew by 8.2 percent to almost $67million, down on its growth of 11.4 percent in 2013 and 9.6 in 2012.^[4]

Lobbying in the UK

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Edelman's public affairs business in the UK employs 25 staff and freelance lobbyists based in London.^[5]

According to its entry in Who's Who in Public Affairs 2006, Edelman Public Affairs' “vantage point provides clients with the insights they need to shape policy at the national and global level… We help them to form relationships with legislators, officials, special interest groups and sovereign governments to achieve their economic and political objectives… orchestrating a wide range of strategies and tactics including research, coalition building, stakeholder mobilisation, media relations and grassroots activities”.^[6]

Breaching the lobbyists code

In September 2007, The Sunday Times reported that Edelman Public Affairs lobbied the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in July 2006 on behalf of a client, Pelcombe. At the time, Heather Rogers, wife of John Hutton, then secretary of state for DWP, was a director at Edelman. Pelcombe subsequently secured contracts with the DWP. Edelman failed to register its relationship with the firm on the Association of Professional Political Consultants’ (APPC) register – a breach of the APPC’s code of conduct.^[7]

The Sunday Times reported: “In a proposal drawn up by Edelman in July last year (2006), the lobbying firm offered to fix meetings for Pelcombe’s managing director with MPs and Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) officials “for the joint purpose of building relationships and gathering intelligence on current and future policy”. It added: “Targets are to be selected from the existing ‘political contact list’ as appropriate.” The Sunday Times reports that it was initially told by a source at Edelman that Pelcombe was “Heather’s client” and that she had introduced the firm to the lobbyists. This was later retracted.

Edelman's failure to register Pelcombe as a client is in breach of the APPC’s code of conduct includes a requirement for member agencies to disclose their clients and consultants.^[8] The then chairman of the APPC, Gill Morris, accepted Edelman’s apology for the “oversight” and the remedial action the company agreed to take.^[9] Michael Burrell, Edelman’s Europe vice-president is a member of the APPC’s management committee.^[10]

Former employee, Heather Rogers was previously an aide to former health secretary, Alan Milburn, Labour MP for Darlington. Milburn was best man at Roger’s wedding to Hutton in 2004.^[13] MP Milburn is now a paid advisor of one of Edelman’s clients Pepsico – as part of its new nutritional advisory board - for £25,000 a year, as is Tony Blair's one-time polling and image guru Philip Gould. ^[11]

UK lobbyists

^[12]

Ed Williams, CEO. Former director of communications at the BBC
Steven Spurr, COO and group managing director of health
Nick Barron, MD of corporate and financial practice (replaced James Lundie). Former executive director, business development at Edelman.^[13]
Ann Bartling, managing director health brands
Rishi Bhattacharya, managing director energy and industrials. A journalist for a decade – ITV Granada’s former political correspondent - based at Westminster for seven years “developing excellent presentational and written skills as well as building and maintaining contacts within Government and Parliament”.
Alex Bigg, general manager, London and head of corporate Europe. Public Affairs (April 07-). Bigg worked for the Labour Party on Tony Blair’s tour during the 2005 General Election.
Gurpreet Barr, managing director of public affairs. Former adviser to Lord Turner and Adrian Bailey MP and currently runs Labour in the City with Kitty Usher
Jo Sheldon, executive director, media strategy
Ruth Warder, general manager London and managing director, consumer
Justin Westcott, managing director technology
Andrew Robinson, director. Former partner at Newgate and executive director and board member at Havas Worldwide, where his clients included the British Army, RBS, the Government of Israel and Air Asia^[14]
Rosanne Perry. Previously worked at Seven Hills, where she led campaigns for clients such as Kent County Council and entrepreneur Peter Jones and a former director at Bell Pottinger.^[14]
Ryan Heath, international senior adviser. Former spokesperson for former European Commission vice president Neelie Kroes, speechwriter to the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, worked on Kevin Rudd's campaign to be prime minister and policy officer at the UK Cabinet Office.^[15]
Robert Newman. Former special advisor to Liz Kendall MP and Lidia Borisova (a senior consultant at APCO Worldwide)^[15]

December 2014-February 2015

September 2014-November 2014

June 2014-August 2014

March 2014-May 2014

Executives 2011-13 included

Ed Williams - former BBC director of communications (2008-2011), joined Edelman in October 2011 as UK Chief Executive Officer ^[20]
James Lundie - Group Managing Director Corporate & Financial at PR and lobbying firm Edelman. He was previously Edelman's joint managing director of public affairs, alongside Chris Rumfitt. ^[21]^[22]

Former lobbyists

Luke Pollard, Senior account manager at Edelman. Pollard has a long history in politics as an advisor to two former Government Ministers, he was also seconded to the Labour Party for the 05 General Election and stood for Labour in the Local Elections in May 06. Prior to working in politics Luke worked in children’s TV as a studio manager for ITV. Luke is standing for the Labour party in South West Devon at the next General Election (expected 2010). South West Water is a client of Edelman. Is Labour's candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport in the 2015 general election.
Paul Lockstone, Managing Director, responsible for Financial Communications and Investor Relations. He also oversaw Edelman’s Strategic Media Unit. He was previously Director of Group Communications at Alliance & Leicester; Head of European Public Relations for the Tax and Legal Services arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers; Head of Public Relations at NatWest UK. Paul is Co-Chair of the Financial Services Forum at British American Business. Lockstone worked closely with Stanley Fink, the ‘Godfather of hedge funds’ during Fink's tenure as Man Group CEO.^[23] Left Edelman to work at Aviva Investors^[24] and is now managing director of corporate affairs at Barclaycard.^[25]
David Noble, International Head of Bioscience, based in London and part of Edelman's larger Healthcare team.^[26] Was made redundant as part of a restructuring.^[27] Is now head of PeerVoice at Global P\S\L Group.^[28]
Michael Burrell, Edelman’s Vice Chairman, Europe based in London. Described as one of the industry’s “big hitters”. Burrell is also on the management committee of the Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC). Educated at St Peter's College, Oxford, Burrell started out in journalism before moving to lobbying in 1983, founding Westminster Strategy in 1986. He is opposed to the current efforts to introduce lobbying transparency in the EU, stating that the EU Commission’s plans to include financial disclosure in its register of lobbyists “would not be acceptable”. Is currently senior counsel, public affairs, Europe APCO Worldwide and CEO at Michael Burrell Consultancy ^[29]
James Lundie, former group managing director, corporate and financial (replaced by Nick Barron). Has also worked as an adviser and speechwriter for the former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown and as a senior researcher and deputy press secretary to the next leader Charles Kennedy. In March 2015 he joined Barclays bank's personal and corporate banking division as managing director and head of corporate communications.^[30]

UK lobbying clients

December 2014-February 2015

September 2014-November 2014

June 2014-August 2014

March 2014-May 2014

Air Products, Alfa Group, All Party Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas (funders include 3Legs Resources, Arup, Calor Gas, Celtique Energie, Centrica, Clear Solutions International LTD, CNG Services, Costain, Cuadrilla, Dow Chemical Ltd, Epi-V, Energy & Utilities Alliances, Essar Energy, Eversheds, Ground Gas Solutions, Igas Energy, Ineos UK, K&L Gates LLP, Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe Ltd, Macquarie Capital, MWH, Norwest Energy, Petrafiz, Peel Environmental, Quartre Limited, Reactive Downhole Tools Ltd, Savills, Shale Gas World UK, Shell, SLR Consulting, Statoil, Squire Sanders, Total, UK Onshore Operators Group, The Weir Group, GrowHow, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Lloyds Register, ASCO Group, Mcfarlanes LLP, ESB Asset Development, Tata Steel, Whessoe, Hydrock, Remsol, RPS Group, RDT, Terrafirma Roadways, atg UV Techonology, Schlumberger Oilfield, Shale Energy PLC, Quatre Limited), Anglian Water, Anglo American, Astra Zeneca, ATOS, Aviva, Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands, Balfour Beatty, Box, Box, Carbon Tracker, Chevron, City and Guilds, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP, Dearman Engine Company, Diageo GB, Diageo plc, Dove, DP World London Gateway, Edurance Wind Power, Edwardian Group London, Eggborough Power Limited, Electricity Storage Network, Gateway 120 Ltd, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Grosvenor Square Ltd, Hitachi GE, Intu Properties, Keoghs, Killik and Co., LetterOne, London First (Let Britain Fly Campaign), Mark Thompson, Maxxium UK, Melford Capital Partners, Microsoft News UK, Orbit Group, Ovo Energy, Pernod Ricard, Petrofac, QE Prize for Engineering, Renewable Energy Association (REA) Back Biomass Campaign, Roche, Sainsburys, Samsung, Sedgemoor District Council, Smart Meter Central Delivery Body, South West Water, Spectator, STA, Stansted Airport, Starbucks UK & Ireland, symantec, Syngenta, Unilever, UPS, URS, Verny Capital, WR Berkley ^[19]

Lobbying clients in 2013 include

All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas

Lobbying clients in 2011-12 include

News Corporation - called in Edelman to help the embattled company handle mounting public anger and political pressure over the phone-hacking scandal in the UK. ^[31] Reporting directly to Will Lewis, general manager of News Corp subsidiary News International, the publisher of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers, and to provide "communications and public affairs support and counsel" to its management and standards group.
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy - Chris Rumfitt, Edelman's Joint Managing Director, Public Affairs handles the account^[32] ^[33]

Lobbying Clients December 2010 to February 2011

Lobbying clients 2008

Lobbying Clients as at 2003

compiled from the online PR company directory of O’Dwyer’s PR Services and other sources as referenced - include(d):^[36]

2002

Edelman won a $400,000 tourism promotion contract from the Cancun Convention & Visitors Bureau. It has done travel PR campaigns for the Government of Mexico Egypt Scotland Texas Wyndham Hotels and Resorts and the Bitter End Yacht Club in the British Virgin Islands. ^[39]

2002

Edelman also won a $1 million issues management and government affairs account with the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. According to O’Dwyer’s PR Services Report one issue likely to be included in the work is the controversy over the US Navy’s use of one of the islands for target practice. ^[40]

2001

O’Dwyers reported that Edelman were working for the government of Jordan to promote trade and economic development. ^[41]

Lobbying clients in the US

Includes:

American Legislative Exchange Council - hired Edelman in 2012 to help it deal with recent corporate fallout and opposition to its legislative positions, according to PRWeek ^[42]
University of Michigan - hired Edelman in September 2014 to help support "communications about athletics," after criticism and protests over an american football player carrying on playing despite having concussion.^[43]
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - hired Edelman after a scandal involving athletes and fake classes. The fee was expected to be $1.65 million a year, however it has now been confirmed that figure rose to $2 million.^[43]^[44]
Penn State University - hired Edelman in 2011 in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Sandusky was a former american football coach at the university who was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison after being found guilty of child sexual abuse. A spokesperson from Penn State has confirmed the university are not still working with the company.^[43]

Edelman extols the benefits of working with NGOs

Edelman has been one of the leaders in the PR industry in advocating the benefits of corporations ‘engaging’ with non-government organisations. “We recognized before anyone that NGOs, such as Greenpeace and Amnesty International, were influencing corporate social responsibility by highlighting environmental and labor practices”, Edelman’s claims on its website. ^[45]

Edelman PR tells clients that activists are winning because “they play offense all the time; they take their message to the consumer; they are ingenious at building coalitions; they always have a clear agenda; they move at Internet speed; they speak in the media's tone.”

The solution, it argues, are partnerships between NGO’s and business. “Our experience to date is positive,” they say, citing examples such as “Chiquita-Rainforest Alliance” and “Home Depot-Forest Stewardship Council.” ^[46]

A media release issued by Edelman touting for business described their advocacy of ‘partnerships’ between business and environmental groups more bluntly. “You've got an environmental disaster on your hands. Have you consulted with Greenpeace in developing your crisis response plan? Co-opting your would-be attackers may seem counter-intuitive, but it makes sense when you consider that NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are trusted by the public nearly two-to-one to 'do what's right' compared with government bodies, media organizations and corporations." ^[47]

In 2001 they launched a short-lived series of “Edelman NGO Seminars” to “discuss the ramifications of the NGO phenomenon”. ^[48]

Defending Wal-Mart

In October 2005, Reuters reported that Edelman is to mount an aggressive campaign against Robert Greenwald's new documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of a Low Price. In what is reported to be a movie industry first, Edelman's representatives emailed reporters press kits containing a point-by-point rebuttal of the film's trailer, which Wal-Mart is demanding be altered or removed from the walmartmovie.com website. (The trailer is under fire because the documentary itself will not be released until November 1, 2005.) "The press kit includes snippets from negative reviews of Greenwald's earlier works - one dating as far back as 1980 - and three examples of what the retailer calls factual errors in the latest documentary." ^[49]

Edelman "is working with the American Petroleum Institute (API), the oil industry's primary lobbying group, on a public issues campaign aimed at convincing Americans that the industry is facing severe challenges, even as its members pull in record quarterly profits," PR Week reported in November 2005. ^[50] Print ads designed by Edelman's advertising unit, Blue Worldwide, "have run in major daily newspapers across the nation, as well as in Roll Call and The Hill." The print ads urge "consumers to adopt conservation measures this winter" and push for the removal of "barriers on the production of natural gas on federal lands." Blue Worldwide also launched "a new TV campaign that will run during news and public affairs programming, which started with NBC Nightly News" on November 10.

France

On the 4th of September Edelman bought all the shares of ELAN, France's biggest independent communications consultancy, in an attempt to break into the top three agencies in the country. ^[51]

Blog Watchers

In April 2005, Edelman and the "marketing intelligence" firm Intelliseek released a directory of the most influential bloggers and a white paper detailing the importance of blogs to marketing and PR. The directory "profiles bloggers in business, consumer packaged goods, consumer technology, healthcare, and marketing and public relations," and also "gives advice on blogger behavior and jargon."

"Clients are calling us with increasing regularity, asking what's going on [with blogs] and how is this affecting the business," said Edelman executive vice-president and GM of diversified services Rick Murray. Murray also warned that companies face risks when "attempting to communicate with the blogosphere -- you will do yourself harm." ^[52]

Edelman's white paper on blogs ^[53], called "Trust MEdia?: How Real People Are Finally Being Heard," was a little less ominous. "For companies, bloggers represent an immediate source of information and feedback, but also an opportunity to engage a rapidly expanding global network of influential, credible, passionate and involved group of real people who communicate constantly," said Pam Talbot, the head of Edelman U.S. The paper also notes that Edelman was the first major PR firm to launch a corporate blog, that of ^[54].

Global executives

Richard Edelman
Michael Morley, is Deputy Chairman of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and author of “How to manage your global reputation: a guide to the Dynamics of international public relations”, New York University Press, NY 2002.
Nancy Turett, President and Global Director, Health.
Kenneth Adelman, a senior counselor to Edelman, is a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, a government-appointed group that advises the Pentagon. ^[55]
Michael Deaver, Vice-Chairman.
Leslie A. Dach, Vice-Chairman (Public Affairs specialist)
Michael Burrell, European Chairman
Mike Seymour, Global Leader, Crisis and Issues Management
Richard Sambrook - former director of BBC news until May 2010, Chief Content Officer and Global Vice-chairman, also heads the Global Crisis and Issues Practice.

Affiliations

In 2008, Edelman is listed as affiliated to Precom^[56]

Resources

Contact Information

3rd Floor
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Phone: 212 768-0550 Fax 212/704-0128
Email: ny AT edelman.com
Web: http://www.edelman.com

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"Edelman Drops British American Tobacco Account", Spin of the Day, July 25 2003. For a more detailed overview of BATs' social reporting project see Bob Burton and Andy Rowell, "British-American Tobacco's Socially Responsible Smoke Screen", PR Watch, Vol 9 No 4, fourth quarter 2002.
"Edelman Defends France's Sodexho From Congressional Attack", Spin of the Day, March 31, 2003.
Bob Burton and Andy Rowell, "From Patient Activism to Astroturf Marketing", PR Watch, Volume 10, No. 1, first quarter 2003.
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[2] Edelman, About Us

[3] Worldwide Fees of Top PR Firms With Major U.S. Operations O'Dwyers, March 2013, accessed 22 October 2014

[4] Steve Barrett Edelman shows no signs of slowing down PR Week, 20 February 2015

[5] APPC register, to December 2008

[6] Who’s Who in Public Affairs 2006; Dods

[7] The Sunday Times, 23 September 2007, date viewed 10/01/08

[8] APPC Code of Conduct

[9] PR Week, 9 November 2007 date viewed 10/01/08

[10] APPC website, About us, date viewed 10/01/08

[11] Guardian, 30 May 2007

[12] The Team Edelman, accessed 22 October 2014

[13] Ian Griggs Nick Barron appointed UK MD of corporate and financial at Edelman PR Week, 26 March 2015, accessed 27 March 2015

[AR-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Anna Reynolds Edelman hires former Newgate partner Andrew Robinson as director PR Week, 6 January 2015, accessed 7 January 2015

[RM-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Rod Muir Edelman nabs Euro commisioner's aide Public Affairs News, 15 January 2015, accessed 19 January 2015

[dec14-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Register 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015 APPC, accessed 23 March 2015

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[MP-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014 APPC, accessed September 2014

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[21] [http://www.appc.org.uk/en/ourclients/ APPC Register, Entry for 1 March - 31 May 2011, accessed 20 September 2011

[22] The Budget 2009 - An Edelman analysis, Edelman UK, accessed 29 May 2010.

[23] Edelman press release, September 25th, 2008

[24] Alec Mattinson Edelman's Paul Lockstone to head up Aviva Investors' corporate affairs PR Week, 13 November 2009, accessed 19 October 2014

[25] Paul Lockstone Linkedin, accessed 19 October 2014

[26] Edelman website accessed, Jan 08

[27] David Noble to leave Edelman Pm live, 13 July 2010, accessed 19 October 2014

[28] David Noble Linkedin, accessed 19 October 2014

[29] Michael Burrell] Linkedin, accessed 22 October 2014

[30] David Singleton Barclays move for Edelman’s Lundie Public Affairs News, 26 March 2015, accessed 27 March 2015

[31] Rupert Neate and Mark Sweney, Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch calls in PR firm Edelman, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 14 July 2011 12.59 BST

[32] APPC Register Entry for 1 December 2011 to 29 February 2012, accessed 19 May 2012, and APPC Register Entry for 1 Mar 2012 to 31 May 2012

[33] APPC Register Entry for 1 Sep 2011 to 30 Nov 2011

[34] PRCA, Public Affairs Register December 2010-February 2011 accessed 8th December 2011

[35] APPC register, to December 2008

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[PRW-43] 43.0 ^43.1 ^43.2 University of Michigan handed comms off to Edelman after athletic crisis PR Week, 11 December 2014, accessed 18 December 2014

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[53] Edelman website

[54] CEO Richard Edelman

[55] [12]. According to CPI, Adelman is “currently a national editor for The Washingtonian magazine. From 1981 to 1983, he served as deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations. He was director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1983 to 1987 and he also headed the U.S. team on annual arms control discussions to China from 1983 through 1986”.

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 *[[Ed Williams]], CEO. Former director of communications at the [[BBC]]
 *[[Steven Spurr]], COO and group managing director of health
-*[[Nick Barron]], executive director, business development
+*[[Nick Barron]], MD of corporate and financial practice (replaced [[James Lundie]]). Former executive director, business development at Edelman.<ref> Ian Griggs [http://www.prweek.com/article/1340268/nick-barron-appointed-uk-md-corporate-financial-edelman Nick Barron appointed UK MD of corporate and financial at Edelman] ''PR Week'', 26 March 2015, accessed 27 March 2015 </ref>
 *[[Ann Bartling]], managing director health brands
 *[[Rishi Bhattacharya]], managing director energy and industrials. A journalist for a decade – ITV Granada’s former political correspondent - based at Westminster for seven years “developing excellent presentational and written skills as well as building and maintaining contacts within Government and Parliament”.
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 *[[David Noble]], International Head of Bioscience, based in London and part of Edelman's larger Healthcare team.<ref>[http://www.edelman.co.uk/what-we-do/bioscience#keypeople Edelman website] accessed, Jan 08</ref> Was made redundant as part of a restructuring.<ref> [http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/david_noble_to_leave_edelman_226689 David Noble to leave Edelman] ''Pm live'', 13 July 2010, accessed 19 October 2014 </ref> Is now head of PeerVoice at [[Global P\S\L Group]].<ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidpnoble David Noble] ''Linkedin'', accessed 19 October 2014 </ref>
 *[[Michael Burrell]], Edelman’s Vice Chairman, Europe based in London. Described as one of the industry’s “big hitters”. Burrell is also on the management committee of the [[Association of Professional Political Consultants]] (APPC). Educated at St Peter's College, Oxford, Burrell started out in journalism before moving to lobbying in 1983, founding [[Westminster Strategy]] in 1986.  He is opposed to the current efforts to introduce lobbying transparency in the EU, stating that the EU Commission’s plans to include financial disclosure in its register of lobbyists “would not be acceptable”. Is currently senior counsel, public affairs, Europe [[APCO Worldwide]] and CEO at [[Michael Burrell Consultancy]] <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/michael-burrell/9/299/a41 Michael Burrell]] ''Linkedin'', accessed 22 October 2014 </ref>
-*[[James Lundie]], former group managing director, corporate and financial. Has also worked as an adviser and speechwriter for the former Lib Dem leader [[Paddy Ashdown]] and as a senior researcher and deputy press secretary to the next leader [[Charles Kennedy]]. In March 2015 he joined [[Barclays]] bank's personal and corporate banking division as managing director and head of corporate communications.<ref> David Singleton [https://www.publicaffairsnews.com/articles/editorial/barclays-move-edelman%E2%80%99s-lundie Barclays move for Edelman’s Lundie] ''Public Affairs News'', 26 March 2015, accessed 27 March 2015 </ref>
+*[[James Lundie]], former group managing director, corporate and financial (replaced by [[Nick Barron]]). Has also worked as an adviser and speechwriter for the former Lib Dem leader [[Paddy Ashdown]] and as a senior researcher and deputy press secretary to the next leader [[Charles Kennedy]]. In March 2015 he joined [[Barclays]] bank's personal and corporate banking division as managing director and head of corporate communications.<ref> David Singleton [https://www.publicaffairsnews.com/articles/editorial/barclays-move-edelman%E2%80%99s-lundie Barclays move for Edelman’s Lundie] ''Public Affairs News'', 26 March 2015, accessed 27 March 2015 </ref>
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