Stephen Day
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Stephen Day is UK chief operating officer at giant PR and lobbying consultancy Burson Marsteller. He worked at the firm as managing director and chair of the public affairs practice from 2014, and was promoted in January 2016 [1]
He is a former special adviser to the UK Conservative Party.
Career
Day was a special adviser for John Redwood the Conservative MP, a former shadow cabinet member for trade and industry, between 2000 and 2002.
In August 2005, Day was hired as an account director at Fleishman-Hillard, an associate director at Euro RSCG in September 2007 and managing director of Portcullis Public Affairs in March 2010.[2]
He then joined Burson Marsteller as its managing director and chair of the public affairs practice. [3]
Controversial clients
Key high-profile clients at Burson include supermarket Aldi, chemical giant Ineos and ride-sharing service Uber.
Shortly after Day left Portcullis, his former client Ineos also switched agencies.[4]
- 'We’re not afraid of controversy. Ineos are leading the way on fracking, we’re leading their work on fracking. So we’re dealing in issues – and I think this is Burson Marsteller’s heritage really - that are current and controversial,' he said in an interview in 2015. [5]
Other client accounts Day has previously handled include: Hospital Corporation of America, Standard Chartered Bank, Johnson and Johnson[6] News International, Coca-Cola, Marks & Spencer and British Energy[3]
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Education
- BSc Politics/Economics, Southampton University 1996 – 1999. Was head of the Conservative Association at university.
- BSc Political Science and Government. University of Southampton 1996 – 1999[2]
Resources
See: Fracking Spads
- Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, Access all areas: Westminster's (vast) fracking lobby exposed, 29 April 2015.
Notes
- ↑ Ian Griggs, BM public affairs chief Stephen Day promoted to top role, PRWeek, 20 January 2016, accessed 2 December 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stephen Day Linkedin, accessed 20 October 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daniel Farey-Jones Burson-Marsteller hires Portcullis MD Stephen Day to head UK public affairs PR Week, 10 February 2014, accessed 20 October 2014
- ↑ David Singleton Ineos blow for Portcullis Public Affairs News, 23 July 2014, accessed 15 January 2015
- ↑ Conservative lobbyist seeks current and controversial clients, 4 May 2015
- ↑ Stephen Day Burson Marsteller, accessed 20 October 2014
