MHP Communications

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MHP Communications was formed by its parent company Engine in September 2010 by bringing together its Mandate Communications, Hogarth and Penrose Financial brands. It is one of the UK's largest PR companies.

History

Mandate, now part of MHP is a public relations and public affairs consultancy with offices in London and Washington. Mandate was created by bringing together AS Biss and Republic PR. It is part of The Engine Group.

Key People

• Gavin Devine, Managing Director. Former senior civil servant in the House of Commons before joining AS Biss in 2004. He provides senior strategic advice to a wide range of clients, principally in the planning, transport, energy, major infrastructure and environmental sectors.
  
• Sir Brian Bender, Chair, Advisory Board. Was Permanent Secretary at the Department of Business, DTI and DEFRA, has served twice in the UK Representation in Brussels, the current Chairman of the London Metal Exchange, Chair of Honda’s European Communications and Consultation Group, a trustee of Lloyds Register Foundation and a member of the Offshore Advisory Committee of Mainstream Renewable Power.

2014

Eleanor Adams | Emma Alatalo | Sagal Ali | Anna Appleton | Poonam Arora | Shannon Bailey | Sarah Barbut | Charlie Barker | Annouchka Behrmann | Stephanie Bell | Tas Bhanji | Elliot Bishton | Hayley Blackburn | Anna Blyth | Andrew Brown | Nicole Brown | Hannah Buckley | Jonathan Canty | Eamonn Carey | Alice Carter | Mark Cater | Rachel Chua | Breffney Cogan | Oliver Cole | Flora Coleman | Gay Collins | Sinead Coogan-Jobes | Alison Cook | Nick Corney | Jessica Cowan | Liane Cresswell | Helen Crossley | June Deasy | Davinder Degun | Nick Denton | Gavin Devine | Pete Digger | Michael Dixon | Sarah Dooly | Sam Douglas-Bate | Flannery Dyon | Elizabeth Field | Andrew Fleming | Emily Foulger | Con Franklin | Sarah Frow | Barnaby Fry | Tom Gillingham | John Gisborne | Anna Glaze-Krayer | Jonathan Goodstone | Rupert Gowrley | Alisdair Gray | Michael Greenhalgh | Ben Griffiths | Elinor Griffiths | James Gurling | Lisa Haines | Fern Hammond | Robert Hanly | Craig Harrow | Nicholas Hayns | Joanna Heald | Alastair Hill | Tom Hills | Rachel Hirst | Reg Hoare | Simon Hockridge | Nick Hoile | Jack Holden | Fiona Holroyde | Anthony Houlden | Katie Hunt | Lauren Hunt-Morgan | Gemma Irvine | Jennifer Iveson | Nicola Jacobs | Andrew Jaques | Emma Jones | Kate Jones | Elizabeth Jones Freddie Jones | Will Karani | Rebecca Kerr | Rory King | Ian Kirby | Callum Laidlaw | Nick Laitner | Naomi Lane | Charlotte Lang | Isabel Lawicka | Andrew Leach | Kirsty Leiper | Adam Leviton | Mark Lewington | Ewan Livingston | Jonathon Lomax | Nicola Lowe | Sara Lyons | Nicole Martin | Pippa Mass | Tim McCall | Kuldeep Mehmi | Tom Messenger | James Moncrieff | James Morgan | Katherine Morgan | Clare Morgans | Charlotte Murrain | Sara Murshed | Paul Naish | Jade Neal | Gary Neale | Severine Neervort | Ben Nunn | Sarah O'Malley | John Olsen | Paul Pambakian | Fiona Parker | Joshua Peck | Mark Perkins | Christian Pickel | Paula Pohja-Hutchison | Reeny Popoola | Gregory Power | Shona Prendergast | Helen Rance | Chloe Redfern | Toto Reissland-Burghart | Lea Renoux | Gareth Rice-Jones | Will Richardson | Jamie Ricketts | Giles Robinson | David Ross | Matthew Ross | Rachel Rowson | Lorena Sanchez | Eoin Sandford | Rachael Sansom | John Sarsfield | Andrew Scoones | Sachna Shah | Siobhan Shea-Simonds | Jonathan Sheppard | Rosie Shimell | Richard Sloggett | Harry Smith | Will Spratt | Alex Stafford | Anna Stanley | Kate Stephens | Alistair Stewart | Neil Stockley | Rupert Trefgarne | Deborah Villiers | Tom Wadsworth | Melanie Walker | Peter Wasson | Vicky Watkins | James White | Georgina Whittle | Anna Wicks | Sam Williams | Stuart Williams | [[Mark Williams

Mandate management and lobbyists in 2009:

• Sacha Deshmukh, Chief Executive
  
• Jane Howard, Chairman
  
• Gavin Devine, Managing Director

2010

• Sir Brian Bender- Senior Adviser to Mandate Communications from July 2010, then non-executive Director from 1 October 2010. Bender was a former top Whitehall mandarin, his last position before leaving the civil service in April 2009 was Permanent Secretary Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments granted him 'unconditional approval to take up this role.

Clients

2014

AbbVie | Adecco Group | AES | All Party Parliamentary Crossrail Group | AQR | Arla Foods | Arthritis Research UK | Associated Newspapers Limited | Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) | Astellas | Barclays | Baronsmead VCT | Bayer HealthCare | Berenberg | British In-Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) | British Influence | British Marine Federation | British Pharmacological Society | British Pregnancy Advisory Service | British Specialist Nutrition Assocation (BSNA) | Camden Clinical Commissioning Group | Camelot Group plc | Campus Biotech | Cancer Campaigning Group | Capital Group | Centre for Cities | Cerner Chemring Group plc | Clear Channel Cobham PLC | Cognetas | Contruction Skills Certification Scheme | Corran Properties | Crossrail Ltd | Cyberonics | Dawnfresh | Eddiston Group EDF Energy | EDF Energy Renewables | EE | Energy Networks Association English UK | European Banking Authority Eventus BV | Federation of Wholesale Distributors | Franklin Templeton | Freeview | GE Capital | Greener Journeys | Greenguage 21 | Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference | High Speed Rail Industry Group | Hill & Smith Group plc | HS2 Ltd | Huawei Technologies | IAM | ICI Pension Trust | IGas | IMS Health | Inalytics | Institute of Engineering and Technology Institution of Commercial Business Agents (ICBA) | ISI Private Equity | Kings College London | Knight Frank | Laing O'Rouke | LeasePlan UK Ltd | LGCNS | Lloyds Register Foundation | Lundbeck | Macmillan Cancer Support | Matchtech Group plc | Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited | Micheldever Station Market Town | Milton Mondelez International | MPSE MTR Europe | MyHigh.St | National Accident Helpline | National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) | National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers (NAVA) | Navitus Bay Development Limited | Neptune | Network Rail | Neurological Alliance | NFOPP | NHBC | Northill Capital | Novartis UK | Novo Nordisk | Otsuka | Payments Council | Pelican Healthcare | Pentland | Pew International | Pfizer | PNE Wind | Premier League | Punter Southall Group | PWN | QAAD | R3 | River & Mercantile | Roche Products Limited Royal London Asset Management | Royal Mail Pension Plan | RSA | RSPCA | Samsung | Sanofi | SEI | Shell | Silver Springs Networks | Special Olympics Europe Eurasia | Special Olympics GB | Stanlib | Statkraft | Sun Life Direct | The Football Association | The Mill Group | The Priory Group | The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation | The Royal College of Surgeons | The Survey Association | Towers Watson | TR Property | UK Lung Cancer Coalition | UK Mail Group plc | UK Power Networks | Ultra Electronics | USS | Vattenfall | Wolseley plc | WYG plc | Zurich Financial Services Ltd | Zurich Municipal

MHP Health

MHP has a growing health sector practice.

Healthcare people

• Mike Birtwistle, Director. Birtwistle leads Mandate's health practice. He is an active member of the Labour party and worked for the Government during the 2001 general election on health policy communication.
• Guy Lavis. It was reported in September 2010 that Guy Lavis will take a senior role in the agency’s health practice "as it looks to step up its focus on NHS commissioning processes and engage more closely with GPs. Lavis joins from Capita, which partnered the Department of Health to produce NHS Choices, the department’s flagship public website for patient choice. PR Week reported: "The new focus has been prompted by the Government’s plans to overhaul the NHS, putting GPs in charge of local budgets and commissioning. The plans mean GPs working in groups will be in charge of a vast collection of hospital, mental health and community services."Mike Birtwistle of MHP told PR Week:

"Guy’s strength in engaging with GPs will be particularly important as GP consortia assume responsibility for the commissioning of NHS services in the new world.

Lavis was previously a lobbyist at both Fleishman-Hillard (2005-06) and Connect Public Affairs (2003-05).

• Richard Sloggett, account manager Health. Formerly of agency New Century Media, where he worked for ‘tele-healthcare’ clients as an account manager in its political comms team, Sloggett started his career in the House of Commons in 2006 as a researcher to the Conservative Party’s then-shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond MP (now transport secretary). He subsequently worked for Joanne Cash, the unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate for Westminster North at May 2010’s general election. Sloggett has also formerly worked for City PR firm Brunswick Group.

Healthcare clients

MHP's health sector clients (to August 2010): Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Bayer Schering Pharma, Beating Bowel Cancer, Blood Cancers Alliance, British In-Vitro Diagnostics Association, Cancer Campaigning Group, Company Chemists Association, Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, Diabetes UK, Ellipse, Grunenthal, Hoffmann-La Roche, IMS Health, Janssen-Cilag, Lundbeck, Macmillan Cancer Support, Myeloma UK, National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society, NHS Pathology, Organ Donation Coalition, Pharmaceutical Oncology Initiative, PharmaMar, Prostate Cancer Charter for Action, Prostate Cancer Charity, Royal College of Radiologists, Rarer Cancers Foundation, Roche Products Limited, Royal College of Surgeons, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, UK Lung Cancer Coalition,

Clients

Clients at the end of 2008 include:

Abbott Laboratories Limited | Andrex (Kimberly-Clark) | Associated Newspapers | Badenoch & Clark | BGB | British In-Vitro Diagnostics Association | BMT Group | Bristol-Myers Squibb | British Acupuncture Council | British Chambers of Commerce | British Horseracing Authority | British Marine Federation | British Orthopaedic Association | Business Link London | Cadbury | Genworth Financial | Gypsum Recycling International | Hartnell Taylor Cook | H Bronnley and Co | Healthy Direct | Hepatitis B Foundation | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | IMS Health | Infant and Dietetic Foods Association | Institute for Family Business | Investland Group | Jet2.com | John Lewis Partnership | Kimberly-Clark Corporate | Kimberly-Clark Healthcare | Kleenex | OneSearch Direct | OPP | Ordnance Survey | Outdoor Advertising Association | Pafilia Property Developers | Pharmaceutical Oncology Initiative | Pharma Mar | Premier League | Prostate Cancer Charter for Action | RLF | Rarer Cancers Forum | Roche Diagnostics | Roche Products | Royal College of Radiologists | Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust | RSPCA | Rugby Football League | Cadogan Tate | Camelot Group | Charity Commission | Chartered Institute for Patent Attorneys | Climate Strategies | Clear Channel | Clinical Solutions | Concentra | CORGI | Council for Administration | Cross London Rail Links | Croydon College | Dave | Department for Children, Schools and Families | EADS Defence and Security | Eagle Star Estates | EDF Energy | England and Wales Cricket Board | English UK | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | Football Association | Football Foundation | KPMG | Kyp Systems | Landsbanki Depositors Action Group | Lawn Tennis Association | LeasePlan UK | Liberata | Licensed Taxi Drivers Association | London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games | London’s Taxi Network | Lymphoma Association | Martha Schwartz | Mass Athens | Multiport | National Accident Helpline | Nationwide Building Society | National House Building Council | Network Rail | Norman Disney & Young | Olympic Delivery Authority | Rugby Football Union | Sanofi-aventis | Stagecoach Rail | Tandberg | The Association of National Specialist Colleges | The Dart Group | The Deposit Protection Service | The Engine Group | The Kingswood Group | The REaD Group | The Survey Association | UK COAL | UK Lung Cancer Coalition | UPP Projects | Visit London | Wolverine World Wide | Woods Bagot | Zurich Financial Services | (UKISA) Ltd | Zurich Municipal

Clients second quarter 2009: Mandate Communications, APPC Register Entry for 1 June 2009 to 31 August 2009

Contact

60 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7RT
http://www.yourmandate.com

References

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