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Champollion describes itself as an "independent communications consultancy, specialising in issues management, media handling and stakeholder relations, with outstanding expertise in public policy relations."[1]
The firm was set up by Simon Buckby who was a campaign director at Britain in Europe. In 2006 Rebecca Hewitt left Luther Pendragon to join Champollion as a senior consultant. Other appointments made at the creation of Champollion were Andrew Nye from the Attorney General's office and former Daily Express journalist Angela Cooke[2]. On joining Champollion Andrew Nye commented 'At the Attorney General's Office I've dealt with the media on controversial issues such as non-jury trials in some complex fraud cases, and Iraq,'[3].
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Client Contracts
Commission for Racial Equailty
Champollion advised the Commission for Racial Equality on media relations. As well as the Commission for Racial Equality, Champollion advise individual race equality councils[4]. Champollion were hired by the CRE's communication director Colleen Harris[5].
Trevor Phillips said of the partnership with Champollion:
- “We worked with Champollion at all levels of the CRE – strategic counsel to me and the senior management team, practical support for our media relations, and document-drafting with our policy wonks. They always go the extra mile to make better best.”[6].
Bicom
Lorna Fitzsimmons the Chief Executive of BICOM commissioned Champollion as one of her key campaign strategists and media advisers. Fitzsimmons described the service delivered by Champollion:
- “In leading our message development, including through rigorous media training, and in supporting the work of our in-house communications professionals, Champollion has shown a thorough knowledge of the policy area and a commitment that is frankly beyond the call of duty.”[7].
Fride
Champollion has been commissioned to work with FRIDE on their Democratisation Programme. They are tasked with strengthening FRIDE's brand among the foreign policy community in Britain.
Champollion outline their strategy as:
- "working with FRIDE to develop the tightly defined messaging that will help push their policy concerns higher up the political agenda, to draw attention to their research and policy papers, and to ensure their arguments are heard by the right policy makers, analysts and journalists in Westminster and Brussels"[8]
Stop the Boycott
Champollion and Populus were the PR firms hired by BICOM in 2007 to manage the Stop the Boycott campaign which was designed to prevent British Universities boycotting Israeli academic institutions[9].
Clients
June 2014-August 2014
Academies Enterprise Trust | Attain | Canal and River Trust | Cardboard Citizens | Catch 22 | Centre for Justice Innovation | Commonwealth Foundation | Criminal Law Solicitors Association | Cripplegate Foundation | Detention Advice Service | Dying Matters | Esmee Fairbairn Foundation | FACT | Family Rights Group | Frog Trade | Global Action Plan | Here East | Housing for Women | Infinity | Institute for Voluntary Action and Research | Law for Life | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | Mark Duggan Inquest | OikoCredit | Only Connect | Orchid Project | Pearson College | Peto | Pocket | PPL | PRS for Music | Pure Leapfrog | Rank Group | Restorative Justice Council | Russia Foundation | Scope | Step Ahead | Step Ahead | Teacher Support Network | The Challenge Network | UKSIF | University Alliance | World Cancer Research Fund[10]
2008
- America Works | Barrow Cadbury Trust | BFOREC | BICOM | Chechnya Peace Forum | Commission for Racial Equality | The Equalities Review | FRIDE | Gembel European Sales | Girlguiding UK | Infinity | Kazmunaigaz | Reprieve | The Russia Foundation | Sense International | Stop the Boycott | Vielife | Waging Peace[11]
- Tower Hamlets Council - reportedly hired in 2014 in relation to a Panorama investigation
People
- Simon Buckby - Founder and Managing Director. Former social affairs and the employment correspondents of the Financial Times, political reporter for the BBC and a producer at London Weekend Television
- Lauria Brodie - Director. Former senior broadcast journalist in news and current affairs, working on BBC’s Question Time, and Channel 4's Dispatches and 30 Minutes. and former deputy press secretary to former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy.
- Kim Catcheside - Director. Former education and social policy correspondent for network radio and television.
- Estelle McCartney - Director. Former head of business liaison at Britain in Europe
- David Barker - Senior Consultant
- David Clark - Senior Consultant. Chairman of the Russia Foundation and a senior research associate at the Foreign Policy Centre. Former special adviser to Robin Cook MP.
- Nick Colwill - Senior Consultant
- Bradley Martin - Senior Consultant
- Jo-Anne Nadler - Senior Consultant. Conservative political commentator, writer and a former BBC journalist, former elected councillor on the Conservative council in Wandsworth and a spin doctor during the John Major government.
- Paul Richards - Senior Consultant. Former special adviser at the Cabinet Office, Department for Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government.
- Marcie Shaoul - Senior Consultant
- Helen Wharton - Senior Consultant
- Hamir Patel - Consultant
- Gareth Siddorn - Consultant
- Andy Low - Associate Consultant
- Kat Santos - Associate Consultant
- Ed Brown - Graduate Consultant
- Jack Kelly - Graduate Consultant
- Tian Liu - Graduate Consultant
- Kirsty Munro - Graduate Consultant
- Hannah Perlin - Graduate Consultant
- Kathy Hoath - Financial Controller
- Elly Virgo - Office Manager[12]
- David Hill - non-executive director. Previously Tony Blair's official spokesman, chief spokesman for the Labour Party and held senior posts at the Chime Communications owned agency Good Relations and Bell Pottinger.[13]
Additional Staff October 2009
- Kylie Griffiths Office Manager
- Annie Bruzzone Associate Consultant
- David Clark Project Advisor
- Duane Raymond New Media Advisor[14]
APPC UK
Anastasia Batiuk | Laura Brodie | Simon Buckby | Kim Catcheside | Nick Colwill | Tian Liu | Andrew Low | Estelle McCartney | Hamir Patel | Hannah Perlin | Katheryn Santos | Millie Shuter | Helen Wharton[10]
Former Staff
- Angela Cooke - Project Advisor
- Geoff Duggan - Graduate Consultant
- Sam Hardy - Consultant
- Becky Hewitt - Senior Consultant
- Eve Starbuck - Office Manager
- Frida Williams - Graduate Consultant
Website
References
- ↑ Champollion - Home, accessed 2 May 2008.
- ↑ Public Affairs, LUTHER'S HEWITT IN CHAMPOLLION SHIFT, PR Week, 17-March-2006, Accessed via Nexis UK 25-October-2009
- ↑ Voluntary Sector, BUCKBY FIRM NABS NYE AS CONSULTANT, PR Week, 18-November-2005, Accessed 25-October-2009
- ↑ Public Affairs, LUTHER'S HEWITT IN CHAMPOLLION SHIFT, PR Week, 17-March-2006, Accessed via Nexis UK 25-October-2009
- ↑ A Merge, Race watchdog splashes cash on outside consultants, The London Evening Standard, 29-June-2006, Accessed Via Nexis UK 25-October-2009
- ↑ Our Clients, [Commission for Racial Equality http://www.champollion.co.uk/ourclients_cfre.html], Champollion, Accessed 25-October-2009
- ↑ Lorna Fitzsimmons, Our Clients:BICOM, Champollion, Accessed 25-October-2009
- ↑ Our Clients, Fride, Champollion, Accessed 25-October-2009
- ↑ Campaign, Voluntary Sector Special - Coalition stops boycott of Israeli universities, PR Week, 23-November-2007, Accessed 17-December-2009
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 19 October 2014
- ↑ Champollion - Our Clients, accessed 2 May 2008.
- ↑ Champollion - Our Team, accessed 19 October 2014
- ↑ David Singleton Agency post for Blair’s media man Public Affairs News, 4 December 2014, accessed 4 December 2014
- ↑ Champollion - Our Team, accessed 25-October-2009.
