Richard Houghton

A former Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the PRCA, Richard has a 22 year track record in public relations and communications consultancy, spanning senior management positions in leading international consultancies, including Shandwick, Fleishman-Hillard and Ketchum and campaigns for BT, Dell, Nokia, Overture and Siemens Mobile.

Richard is the founder of Carrot Communications, which aims to accelerate the reputations of companies in, and associated with, the information technology and internet sectors.

Prior to starting Carrot, he was joint managing director at Ketchum with specific responsibility for b2b and technology clients, including lastminute.com and Nokia. Chief Executive, Corporate, Broadcast and Travel & Leisure at Shandwick International, and Director & Senior Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard.