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Jennifer Hardie
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''Not to be confused with [[Pinnacle Marketing Communications]] or the LA based entertainment PR firm [[Pinnacle Public Relations]]''
Managing Director (PR)
 
  
Jennifer Hardie is a senior PR practitioner who has worked in the UK, Belgium, Sweden, Eastern Europe and Canada and for companies in Africa for 10 years.
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Before joining Pinnacle in 2002, Jennifer worked as a director for Edelman Public Relations in Stockholm and as a consultant for Government Policy Consultants (Fleishmann Hillard) in Brussels. She is a member of the International Public Relations Association and Institute of Public Relations.
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'''Pinnacle''' is a London, Brussels and Dubai based specialist training company and management consultancy 'focused uniquely on communications and public relations'.
  
Specialties
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== People ==
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*[[Jennifer Hardie]] Managing Director (PR) Jennifer Hardie is a senior PR practitioner who has worked in the UK, Belgium, Sweden, Eastern Europe and Canada and for companies in Africa for 10 years. Before joining Pinnacle in 2002, Jennifer worked as a director for [[Edelman]] Public Relations in Stockholm and as a consultant for [[GPC|Government Policy Consultants]] ([[Fleishman Hillard]]) in Brussels. She is a member of the [[International Public Relations Association]] and [[Institute of Public Relations]].
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<ref>Pinnacle PR [http://www.pinnaclepr.co.uk/team.php Team] Accessed 2 Sep 2007</ref>
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*[[Will Hardie]] Managing Director (Media) Will Hardie is a former international correspondent for Reuters news agency. He reported from foreign postings in Brussels, Stockholm, and ultimately Belgrade and across the former Yugoslavia -- on topics ranging from corporate and financial news and EU politics, to riots, espionage and ethnic cleansing.
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*[[Adrian Wheeler]] PR trainer and consultant.  Adrian Wheeler was educated at Dulwich College and Clare College, Cambridge. He started out as a local newspaper reporter, then joined a City public relations firm in 1972. Four years later he co-founded Sterling PR, which was acquired in 1990 by Grey as its first PR office in Europe. Wheeler was CEO of GCI UK until 2005, and as chairman was instrumental in developing GCI Europe into a 28-office EMEA network with 53 multi-country clients including Dell, BA, Novartis and Eli Lilly. He left in 2005 following Grey's acquisition by WPP. Adrian is active in the PRCA, CIPR and IPRA. He has lectured on public relations in the US and Europe. He is currently a non-executive director at Firefly Communications and the London Communications Agency, and is a partner in The Gyroscope Consultancy. He is also a director of British-American Business and is a member of the Vice-Chancellor's Communications Panel at Cambridge University. This year he is co-chair of the CIPR Excellence Awards.
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*[[Elsbeth Smedley]], PR trainer and consultant. Elsbeth has over 15 years’ experience in PR working both for agencies and in-house. She has managed campaigns at national and international levels across all PR disciplines including consumer, corporate, crisis management, technology, business-to-business and entertainment, for an array of clients ranging from multinational conglomerates to specialist small businesses. She ran the PR division of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide's Brussels office for four years, managing a multinational staff developing and implementing PR programmes at local, European and global levels, as well as supporting public affairs and lobbying initiatives.
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*[[Roger Hayes]] PR trainer and consultant. Roger Hayes is a senior communications professional, corporate social responsibility adviser and strategist. He has been the head of PR for [[Ford]] of Europe, [[EMI]] Music, Director General of the [[British Nuclear Industry Forum]] and is the founder of [[Echo Research]], a leading international research company. Roger has worked extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
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*[[Katie Tufnell]] Media and PR trainer. Katie has been working as a PR consultant for 11 years, both for agencies and in-house. She has been involved in international and national programmes across the corporate, business-to-business and crisis management fields for a variety of clients – both national and international, large and small. Katie was a senior member of the business and corporate affairs division of Edelman PR Worldwide where she had a key role in the development and execution of national, European and international PR programmes. In addition Katie’s past experience includes delivering media relations programmes, leading launch campaigns and being part of a mobile crisis press office.
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*[[Veronica Scheubel]] PR trainer. Veronica Scheubel is the former Senior Manager, Community Involvement for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Nokia. At Nokia, she successfully developed and managed the company’s global community involvement program with implementation in more than 20 countries including global communications, cause-related marketing, internal communications campaigns, and website management and reporting. Before joining Nokia’s Head Office, Veronica built up the social and cultural sponsorship programs for Nokia in Germany. Veronica worked with Nokia form more than eight years and left at the end of 2005 to work as a senior advisor to a number of organisations.
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*[[Amy Johnson]] PR trainer.  Amy has 15 years experience in consumer marketing, corporate communications and public relations and has directed multi-national campaigns in the United States and Europe. She has worked with three top-ranked agencies (Porter Novelli – Washington, London; Weber Shandwick – Paris, Brussels; Hill & Knowlton – Brussels) and is the founder of Amy Johnson Communications, providing support for integrated marketing communications and campaign management challenges, including industry and commodity branding.
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*[[Zena Martin]]PR trainer.  Zena has 20 years’ marketing communications experience in the US and UK, ranging from advertising, to in-house marcomms, to public relations. Since arriving in the UK in 1998, she has managed national and multi-national PR campaigns across several PR areas including consumer, corporate, technology, business-to-business, diversity and entertainment, for a variety of clients ranging from start-ups to global enterprise. In the UK, she has been the Managing Director of two PR agencies: Blanc & Otus UK and piranhaKid. She was also the Managing Director of Firefly Communications’ Paris office.
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*[[Nebojsa Radic]] PR trainer. Nebojsa Radic is a public relations consultant who specialises in strategic communications planning, media relations and advocacy training. He has broad international experience in running training programmes across eastern Europe, the Middle East and central Asia. He is a former head of the Open Society Institute’s communications departments in New York and Budapest, and has also served as an advisor on foreign media relations for the government of Yugoslavia.
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*[[Naomi Caine]] Media and PR trainer. Naomi started her career in journalism almost 20 years ago as a reporter on an international business magazine. She then worked on various magazines and newspapers, gaining a wide knowledge of finance and consumer affairs. Naomi joined The Sunday Times in 1996 and was editor of the personal finance section for six years. She has been a freelance journalist for the past two years and writes for a range of publications including The Times, The Sunday Times, Money Week and Yahoo.
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*[[Robert Hart]] Media trainer. Robert worked for Reuters for more than three decades as a correspondent, news editor and regional editor. He was a correspondent in Singapore, in Vietnam at the peak of the war, and in West Germany. He later took on the roles of global news editor, editor for Latin America and the Caribbean, editor for the UK and Ireland, and Chief Correspondent for Spain. Most recently Robert has taken part in training Reuters graduate trainee journalists and has run training workshops for the Reuters Foundation around the globe.
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*[[Eithne Treanor]] Media and PR trainer.  Eithne has 20 years' experience as a television reporter, working for major international networks including BBC, Sky, Bloomberg and CNBC Europe. Her areas of expertise include European affairs, international business and politics. Eithne is an experienced trainer and has coached a number of very senior executives and politicians on media interview and presentation skills. Eithne’s effectiveness owes a great deal to her conscientious preparation for interviews, her flexibility in simulating a wide range of media situations, and her responsiveness to the specific training needs of individual clients
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*[[Genevieve Butler]]Media and PR trainer. Genevieve has worked as a journalist at [[Reuters]] Television in London, Scandinavia, Belgium and Frankfurt, as a producer on CNN's world business programmes, and as a reporter, sub-editor and headline writer for the Independent on Sunday, The Moscow Times, Australian Associated Press and major metropolitan newspapers in Australia. Genevieve can also be seen live on BBC World two weeks a month when she gives financial market updates from Berlin for Reuters Television.
  
    * PR training
 
    * PR consulting
 
    * PR and press office management
 
    * Online PR
 
    * International PR
 
  
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== Clients ==
 
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<ref>Pinnacle PR [http://www.pinnaclepr.co.uk/feedback.php Feedback] Accessed 2 Sep 2007</ref>
 
 
 
Will Hardie
 
Managing Director (Media)
 
 
 
Will Hardie is a former international correspondent for Reuters news agency. He reported from foreign postings in Brussels, Stockholm, and ultimately Belgrade and across the former Yugoslavia -- on topics ranging from corporate and financial news and EU politics, to riots, espionage and ethnic cleansing.
 
Specialties
 
 
 
    * Media training
 
    * PR training
 
    * Writing and editing
 
    * Communications consulting
 
    * New Media and technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*[[Elsbeth Smedley]
 
PR trainer and consultant
 
 
 
Elsbeth has over 15 years’ experience in PR working both for agencies and in-house. She has managed campaigns at national and international levels across all PR disciplines including consumer, corporate, crisis management, technology, business-to-business and entertainment, for an array of clients ranging from multinational conglomerates to specialist small businesses. She ran the PR division of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide's Brussels office for four years, managing a multinational staff developing and implementing PR programmes at local, European and global levels, as well as supporting public affairs and lobbying initiatives.
 
*[[Roger Hayes]] PR trainer and consultant
 
 
 
Roger Hayes is a senior communications professional, corporate social responsibility adviser and strategist. He has been the head of PR for Ford of Europe, EMI Music, Director General of the British Nuclear Industry Forum and is the founder of Echo Research, a leading international research company. Roger has worked extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
 
 
 
Specialties
 
 
 
    * PR training
 
    * Corporate communications
 
    * PR strategy and consulting
 
    * Corporate Social Responsibility
 
    * International PR
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sue Martin
 
PR trainer and consultant
 
 
 
Sue Martin has been a PR professional for more than 20 years, much of it in international and broadcast-related public and media relations. Sue´s past roles include Head of Corporate Communications for the BBC's commercial consumer arm, BBC Worldwide, and Director of Communications for the UK's most successful workforce initiative, Investors in People. From 1992 to 1997, Sue managed BBC World Service radio's PR activity across Asia. Sue has also been a freelance feature writer for a range of publications including The Guardian and London's Evening Standard newspaper, and is an experienced media trainer and coach.
 
 
 
Specialties
 
 
 
    * PR training
 
    * Crisis training
 
    * Corporate communications
 
    * PR strategy and consulting
 
    * International PR
 
 
 
 
 
 
Katie Tufnell
 
Media and PR trainer
 
 
 
Katie has been working as a PR consultant for 11 years, both for agencies and in-house. She has been involved in international and national programmes across the corporate, business-to-business and crisis management fields for a variety of clients – both national and international, large and small. Katie was a senior member of the business and corporate affairs division of Edelman PR Worldwide where she had a key role in the development and execution of national, European and international PR programmes. In addition Katie’s past experience includes delivering media relations programmes, leading launch campaigns and being part of a mobile crisis press office.
 
 
 
Specialties
 
 
 
    * PR training
 
    * PR consulting
 
    * Media training
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denise Gee
 
PR trainer
 
 
 
Denise Gee has more than 20 years' experience in planning and implementing internal and external communication programmes in South Africa, the UK and across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Denise was previously Head of Corporate Communications for Visa International’s CEMEA region. In South Africa she held senior positions at synthetic fuels producer, PetroSA, and the Government Communication Service. Denise started her career as a television news reporter for the SABC and has also edited and produced a regional newspaper and an award-winning employee publication.
 
 
 
Specialties
 
 
 
    * PR training
 
    * PR consulting
 
    * Corporate communications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Genevieve Butler
 
Media and PR trainer
 
Genevieve has worked as a journalist at Reuters Television in London, Scandinavia, Belgium and Frankfurt, as a producer on CNN's world business programmes, and as a reporter, sub-editor and headline writer for the Independent on Sunday, The Moscow Times, Australian Associated Press and major metropolitan newspapers in Australia. Genevieve can also be seen live on BBC World two weeks a month when she gives financial market updates from Berlin for Reuters Television. Specialties
 
 
 
    * Media training for TV and radio
 
    * Writing training
 
    * Conference hosting
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert Hart
 
PR trainer
 
 
 
Robert worked for Reuters for more than three decades as a correspondent, news editor and regional editor. He was a correspondent in Singapore, in Vietnam at the peak of the war, and in West Germany. He later took on the roles of global news editor, editor for Latin America and the Caribbean, editor for the UK and Ireland, and Chief Correspondent for Spain. Most recently Robert has taken part in training Reuters graduate trainee journalists and has run training workshops for the Reuters Foundation around the globe.
 
 
 
Specialties
 
 
 
    * Media training
 
    * Writing training
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Booth
 
Media and PR trainer
 
 
 
John is a former journalist for the Washington Post, the Guardian, The Observer and The European. He now freelances for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday and teaches journalism in London. John has also been the head of PR and international relations for the National Union of Teachers and was chief press officer for the British Labour Party.
 
 
 
Specialties
 
 
 
    * Media training
 
    * Writing training
 
 
 
Andrea Chipman
 
Media and PR trainer
 
 
 
Andrea Chipman has been a professional journalist for more than 12 years, including freelance work for The Moscow Times and two years as a congressional reporter for States News Service in Washington. For the past eight years, Andrea has been a reporter with Dow Jones Newswires, working in New York, Moscow and Britain. In London, Andrea covered the energy industry for Dow Jones, and also edited its Central and Eastern European Daily Briefing. She is currently a freelance journalist and editor.
 
 
 
Specialties
 
 
 
    * Media training
 
    * Writing training
 
    * PR training
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ahmad Yassine
 
Media trainer
 
 
 
Ahmad Yassine is a presenter with CNBC Arabiya in London. Prior to joining CNBC he was a news anchor with Arab News Network (ANN). At ANN he created a weekly show “Cover Story” where he examined leading stories in the press and looked at their impact on the Middle East. Ahmad conducts media training interviews for Pinnacle's clients in Arabic and advises clients on how the media operate in the Middle East.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Clients==
 
 
*[[Adecco]]
 
*[[Adecco]]
 
*[[Allianz Cornhill]]
 
*[[Allianz Cornhill]]
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*[[Survival International]]
 
*[[Survival International]]
 
*[[Tourism Concern]]
 
*[[Tourism Concern]]
*[[The Royal Bank of Scotland]]
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*The [[Royal Bank of Scotland]]
 
*[[Total S.A.]]
 
*[[Total S.A.]]
 
*[[Turkcell]]
 
*[[Turkcell]]
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*[[UKTV]]
 
*[[UKTV]]
 
*[[World Health Organisation]]
 
*[[World Health Organisation]]
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==Resources==
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:Internet archive holdings [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.pinnaclepr.co.uk/ pinnaclepr.co.uk] 2003-9
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:Internet archive holdings [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.pinnaclepr.net/ pinnaclepr.net] 2009-14
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 5 January 2015

Not to be confused with Pinnacle Marketing Communications or the LA based entertainment PR firm Pinnacle Public Relations


Pinnacle is a London, Brussels and Dubai based specialist training company and management consultancy 'focused uniquely on communications and public relations'.

People

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  • Will Hardie Managing Director (Media) Will Hardie is a former international correspondent for Reuters news agency. He reported from foreign postings in Brussels, Stockholm, and ultimately Belgrade and across the former Yugoslavia -- on topics ranging from corporate and financial news and EU politics, to riots, espionage and ethnic cleansing.
  • Adrian Wheeler PR trainer and consultant. Adrian Wheeler was educated at Dulwich College and Clare College, Cambridge. He started out as a local newspaper reporter, then joined a City public relations firm in 1972. Four years later he co-founded Sterling PR, which was acquired in 1990 by Grey as its first PR office in Europe. Wheeler was CEO of GCI UK until 2005, and as chairman was instrumental in developing GCI Europe into a 28-office EMEA network with 53 multi-country clients including Dell, BA, Novartis and Eli Lilly. He left in 2005 following Grey's acquisition by WPP. Adrian is active in the PRCA, CIPR and IPRA. He has lectured on public relations in the US and Europe. He is currently a non-executive director at Firefly Communications and the London Communications Agency, and is a partner in The Gyroscope Consultancy. He is also a director of British-American Business and is a member of the Vice-Chancellor's Communications Panel at Cambridge University. This year he is co-chair of the CIPR Excellence Awards.
  • Elsbeth Smedley, PR trainer and consultant. Elsbeth has over 15 years’ experience in PR working both for agencies and in-house. She has managed campaigns at national and international levels across all PR disciplines including consumer, corporate, crisis management, technology, business-to-business and entertainment, for an array of clients ranging from multinational conglomerates to specialist small businesses. She ran the PR division of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide's Brussels office for four years, managing a multinational staff developing and implementing PR programmes at local, European and global levels, as well as supporting public affairs and lobbying initiatives.
  • Roger Hayes PR trainer and consultant. Roger Hayes is a senior communications professional, corporate social responsibility adviser and strategist. He has been the head of PR for Ford of Europe, EMI Music, Director General of the British Nuclear Industry Forum and is the founder of Echo Research, a leading international research company. Roger has worked extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
  • Katie Tufnell Media and PR trainer. Katie has been working as a PR consultant for 11 years, both for agencies and in-house. She has been involved in international and national programmes across the corporate, business-to-business and crisis management fields for a variety of clients – both national and international, large and small. Katie was a senior member of the business and corporate affairs division of Edelman PR Worldwide where she had a key role in the development and execution of national, European and international PR programmes. In addition Katie’s past experience includes delivering media relations programmes, leading launch campaigns and being part of a mobile crisis press office.
  • Veronica Scheubel PR trainer. Veronica Scheubel is the former Senior Manager, Community Involvement for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Nokia. At Nokia, she successfully developed and managed the company’s global community involvement program with implementation in more than 20 countries including global communications, cause-related marketing, internal communications campaigns, and website management and reporting. Before joining Nokia’s Head Office, Veronica built up the social and cultural sponsorship programs for Nokia in Germany. Veronica worked with Nokia form more than eight years and left at the end of 2005 to work as a senior advisor to a number of organisations.
  • Amy Johnson PR trainer. Amy has 15 years experience in consumer marketing, corporate communications and public relations and has directed multi-national campaigns in the United States and Europe. She has worked with three top-ranked agencies (Porter Novelli – Washington, London; Weber Shandwick – Paris, Brussels; Hill & Knowlton – Brussels) and is the founder of Amy Johnson Communications, providing support for integrated marketing communications and campaign management challenges, including industry and commodity branding.
  • Zena MartinPR trainer. Zena has 20 years’ marketing communications experience in the US and UK, ranging from advertising, to in-house marcomms, to public relations. Since arriving in the UK in 1998, she has managed national and multi-national PR campaigns across several PR areas including consumer, corporate, technology, business-to-business, diversity and entertainment, for a variety of clients ranging from start-ups to global enterprise. In the UK, she has been the Managing Director of two PR agencies: Blanc & Otus UK and piranhaKid. She was also the Managing Director of Firefly Communications’ Paris office.
  • Nebojsa Radic PR trainer. Nebojsa Radic is a public relations consultant who specialises in strategic communications planning, media relations and advocacy training. He has broad international experience in running training programmes across eastern Europe, the Middle East and central Asia. He is a former head of the Open Society Institute’s communications departments in New York and Budapest, and has also served as an advisor on foreign media relations for the government of Yugoslavia.
  • Naomi Caine Media and PR trainer. Naomi started her career in journalism almost 20 years ago as a reporter on an international business magazine. She then worked on various magazines and newspapers, gaining a wide knowledge of finance and consumer affairs. Naomi joined The Sunday Times in 1996 and was editor of the personal finance section for six years. She has been a freelance journalist for the past two years and writes for a range of publications including The Times, The Sunday Times, Money Week and Yahoo.
  • Robert Hart Media trainer. Robert worked for Reuters for more than three decades as a correspondent, news editor and regional editor. He was a correspondent in Singapore, in Vietnam at the peak of the war, and in West Germany. He later took on the roles of global news editor, editor for Latin America and the Caribbean, editor for the UK and Ireland, and Chief Correspondent for Spain. Most recently Robert has taken part in training Reuters graduate trainee journalists and has run training workshops for the Reuters Foundation around the globe.
  • Eithne Treanor Media and PR trainer. Eithne has 20 years' experience as a television reporter, working for major international networks including BBC, Sky, Bloomberg and CNBC Europe. Her areas of expertise include European affairs, international business and politics. Eithne is an experienced trainer and has coached a number of very senior executives and politicians on media interview and presentation skills. Eithne’s effectiveness owes a great deal to her conscientious preparation for interviews, her flexibility in simulating a wide range of media situations, and her responsiveness to the specific training needs of individual clients
  • Genevieve ButlerMedia and PR trainer. Genevieve has worked as a journalist at Reuters Television in London, Scandinavia, Belgium and Frankfurt, as a producer on CNN's world business programmes, and as a reporter, sub-editor and headline writer for the Independent on Sunday, The Moscow Times, Australian Associated Press and major metropolitan newspapers in Australia. Genevieve can also be seen live on BBC World two weeks a month when she gives financial market updates from Berlin for Reuters Television.


Clients

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Resources

Internet archive holdings pinnaclepr.co.uk 2003-9
Internet archive holdings pinnaclepr.net 2009-14

References

  1. Pinnacle PR Team Accessed 2 Sep 2007
  2. Pinnacle PR Feedback Accessed 2 Sep 2007