Difference between revisions of "Peter Wallis"
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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>. 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>. | 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>. 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>. | ||
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| + | :"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. | ||
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| + | •private client stockbrokers | ||
| + | •high street clearing banks | ||
| + | •building societies | ||
| + | •insurance businesses including pension specialists and health insurers | ||
| + | •extensive Investor Relations research on behalf of his clients. | ||
Revision as of 13:06, 13 August 2009
Peter Wallis aka Peter York is a “Style Guru, Author, Presenter, Management Consultant”[1] with links to government and major corporations. 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].
According to his biography on Broadcasting firm Capel & Land:
- "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.
His experience of the financial services sector includes:
•investment banks •private client stockbrokers •high street clearing banks •building societies •insurance businesses including pension specialists and health insurers •extensive Investor Relations research on behalf of his clients.
Contents
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
- ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
- ↑ Peter York, Biography, The Frieze Foundation, Accessed 07-August-2009
- ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
- ↑ Peter York (Wallis), Broadcasters, Capel & Land, Accessed 08-August-2009
- ↑ Politics, James Purnell, The Guardian, Accessed 13-August-2009
