Alan Kilkenny

After graduating from the London School of Economics in 1971, Alan Kilkenny held a number of communications appointments within industry before joining the Shandwick public relations group in 1977.

In 1980, Alan joined Sony Corporation as Public Affairs Director. Four years later, with others he founded the Grayling Company, which grew to become a broadly-based public relations and government lobbying group, of which he was Group Chief Executive. When Grayling was sold to Lopex plc in 1988, he elected to spend less time on management and more on consulting.

For the last fifteen years, he has been operating as an independent consultant, offering high-level advice and assistance to organisations and individuals with particularly challenging communications needs. Based in the offices of Chime Communications, his name has been associated with a number of high-profile, commercial and political matters.

Resources

• Open Secrets lobbying database Alan Kilkenny 2005