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[[Peter Wallis]] was co-founder of management consultancy [[SRU]] alongside businessman and political networker [[Dennis Stevenson]]. SRU is the firm who hired [[Peter Mandelson]] as a consultant for between 1990 and 1992.<ref>Peter York, [http://www.friezefoundation.org/biography/profile/peter_york/ Biography], ''The Frieze Foundation'', Accessed 07-August-2009</ref> Wallis was appointed Chairman of the [[Department of Trade and Industry]] Committee examining the future of leisure in the UK as part of the British Government’s ‘Foresight’ initiative in 1994.<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>. Wallis was also chairman of [[Hydra Associates]] between 1987 and 1999<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>. In addition to a wide ranging experience advising major corporates, Government Departments and institutions in many sectors, Peter Wallis' particular specialism has been the commercial exploitation of cultural change and 'brand rehabilitation' - the redevelopment of brands and businesses that have lost positioning focus. He has very considerable experience of 'elite' and up-market products and their branding communication strategies, from [[Dunhill]] to [[Waterford]] and including [[Harpers & Queen]], [[World of Interiors]], [[The Economist]], [[The Financial Times]], [[Jaegar]], [[Tiffany]], [[Mont Blanc]], [[Liberty]] and private banker [[Coutts & Co]]<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>.  
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Peter Wallis aka [[Peter York]] is a “Style Guru, Author, Presenter, Management Consultant” .<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref> with links to key people within New Labour.
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Alongside businessman and political networker [[Dennis Stevenson]] Wallis was co-founder of management consultancy [[SRU]] where [[Peter Mandelson]] worked as a consultant between 1990 and 1992<ref>Peter York, [http://www.friezefoundation.org/biography/profile/peter_york/ Biography], ''The Frieze Foundation'', Accessed 07-August-2009</ref>.
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He was appointed Chairman of the [[Department of Trade and Industry]] Committee examining the future of leisure in the UK as part of the British Government’s ‘Foresight’ initiative in 1994.<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>.  
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Wallis was also chairman of media consultants [[Hydra Associates]] between 1987 and 1999<ref>Peter York (Wallis), [http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=156 Broadcasters], ''Capel & Land'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>. Blairite politician [[James Purnell]] worked as a strategy consultant for [[Hydra Associates]] between 1992 and 1994<ref>Politics, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/jamespurnell James Purnell], The Guardian, Accessed 13-August-2009</ref>.  
  
  

Revision as of 12:59, 13 August 2009

Peter Wallis, AKA Peter York

Peter Wallis aka Peter York is a “Style Guru, Author, Presenter, Management Consultant” .[1] with links to key people within New Labour.

Alongside businessman and political networker Dennis Stevenson Wallis was co-founder of management consultancy SRU where Peter Mandelson worked as a consultant between 1990 and 1992[2].

He was appointed Chairman of the Department of Trade and Industry Committee examining the future of leisure in the UK as part of the British Government’s ‘Foresight’ initiative in 1994.[3].

Wallis was also chairman of media consultants Hydra Associates between 1987 and 1999[4]. Blairite politician James Purnell worked as a strategy consultant for Hydra Associates between 1992 and 1994[5].


Peter York

Peter Wallis has featured more in the public eye under his pseudonym Peter York. From writing the Sloane Ranger Handbook and being Style Editor of Harpers & Queen for 10 years, to financing The Modern Review. York co-authored Harpers & Queen's The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook with Ann Barr. He is also a columnist for The Independent on Sunday, GQ magazine and Management Today.

Affiliations

Department of Trade and Industry | Britain Abroad Task Force | Hydra Associates | Tate Gallery | MFI Plc | St. Marylebone Society | Dunhill | Waterford | Harpers & Queen | World of Interiors | The Economist | The Financial Times | Jaegar | Tiffany | Mont Blanc | Liberty | Coutts & Co

Publications

  • Style Wars (1980)
  • The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (1982)
  • Peter York's Eighties (1995), co-authored with Charles Jennings
  • Dictators' Homes (2005)
  • Cooler, Faster, More Expensive: the Return of the Sloane Ranger (2007), with Olivia Stewart-Liberty.

Notes

  1. ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
  2. ↑ Peter York, Biography, The Frieze Foundation, Accessed 07-August-2009
  3. ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
  4. ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
  5. ↑ Politics, James Purnell, The Guardian, Accessed 13-August-2009
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