Institute of Public Relations

the Institute of Public Relations was created in 1948 as a 'professional' body for PR practitioners. In 2005 it was awarded a royal Charter and became the Chartered Institute of Public Relations

See also

• Institute of Public Relations Scotland

People

• Thomas G Mattia, Director of Worldwide Public Affairs and Communications and Senior Vice President of The Coca Cola Company is reported (in 2008) to be a Trustee for the Institute for Public Relations. He also serves on the committee of the PR Seminar, is a member of the Arthur W Page Society, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and is on the board of advisors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Mattia was previously Vice President for EDS, was Head of Public Affairs for the Ford Motor Company and held executive positions with GCI Jennings, Hill and Knowlton (where he supported the opening of China's first McDonald's) and IBM. Prior to this, 'Mattia managed Jimmy Carter's U.S. presidential campaign in Vermont and worked as a reporter for four U.S. newspapers, beginning his career at The Trenton Times in New Jersey'.