Grayling Global
Grayling Global is the PR and lobbying group formed in 2008 by the merger between the Global Consulting Group and Grayling, both subsidiaries of Huntsworth Plc.
Among Grayling Global's companies are Grayling Political Strategy and Westminster Strategy. Other PR and lobbying firms owned by Huntsworth include Citigate, Citigate Public Affairs and Citigate Dewe Rogerson.
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Merger
Huntsworth Plc announced on March 13 2008 with immediate effect that it has merged the two international subsidiaries, to create a new consultancy focused on public affairs, public relations, investor relations and event management. The new firm, Grayling Global, will be headquartered in London, with additional offices in New York and throughout the world. It will have over 200 employees with approximately $35 million in fees, making it a leading international consultancy. It describes itself as 'the second largest independent communications consultancy in the world'.
People
- Richard J. Wolff, the founding Chief Executive Officer of Global, will step back from his existing day-to-day executive and managerial responsibilities and will become a Vice Chairman of Grayling Global. In addition to serving as Vice Chairman, Wolff will assume a new Huntsworth role as Managing Director, US Capital Markets.
- Alison Clarke, Huntsworth's Group Development Director, also becomes a Vice Chairman, and
- David Atterbury Thomas, Grayling's current Finance Director, becomes CFO.[1]
- Ross Laird,[2] Director of Grayling Political Strategy, Scotland, based in Edinburgh.
Members of Grayling according to APPC Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014:[2] Luke Boddice | Alan Boyd-Hall | Leah Bryant | Stephanie Burbidge | Antonia Charles | Luke Cheadle | Jonathan Curtis | Bobbie Davies | Kathryn Eastwood | Tomos Evans | Matthew Francis | Robert Girvan | Jay Harman | Rebecca Holmes | Samantha Jay | Sara Jones | Richard Jukes | Ross Laird | Patrick Leavey | Rebecca Leech | Heather Liao | Craig Ling | James McCollum | Joe Moor | Matthew Revett | Tim Saunders | Lily Shepherd | Pippa Smith | Jack Storry | Katie Thrift | Tim Watkin | Angus Wood
Former Staff
- Nigel Kennedy, Former Group Chief Executive of Grayling, was appointed CEO of Grayling Global. Has since acquired a majority share of the PR consultancy Commucan. [3]
Clients
2014
ABB | Anchor | Angel Trains | Bield Housing Association | British Library | BT Scotland | BT Wales | Calor | Careers Wales | Carillion | CITB-ConstructionSkills | Construction Workers Compensation Scheme | Cyfle Building Skills Forestry | Commission Scotland | Fujitsu Services | GE Healthcare | Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association | Heriot-Watt University | Hilton Worldwide | Historic Houses Association | IET | International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk | J Sainsbury plc | LLoyds Banking Group | Lockheed Martin | London Clubs International | National Grid | National House Building Council | Network Rail | Patrizia | Peoples Postcode Lottery | PNE Wind | Reed Smith | Riverside Housing Association | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust | Ryder Cup Europe | Scottish Rugby Union | Sir Robert McAlpine[2]
- Allianz Worldwide Care [4]
- Allianz Insurance (the UK division of Allianz Group)[4]
References
- ↑ Global Consulting Group Global Consulting is now Grayling Global!, 13 March 2008, accessed 18 November 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 APPC Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014, accessed September 2014
- ↑ [1], accessed September 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matt Cartmell, Allianz Worldwide Care Appoints Grayling For Pan-European Brief, PRWeek, 15 June 2011, accessed same day
