Tom McNally

Out of Parliament, he was appointed a Parliamentary adviser to GEC (1983-4) and then Director General of the British Retail Consortium (1985-87). In 1987, he joined public relations firm Hill and Knowlton as Director of Public Affairs, before moving to a similar position at Shandwick Public Relations in 1993. He subsequently became Vice-Chairman of Shandwick. In 2003, he was appointed to the new post of non-executive Vice-Chairman of Weber Shandwick following the take-over of Shandwick by American communications giant Interpublic. He left Weber Shandwick in November 2004 on his appointment as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.[1]

Affiliations

He is a Fellow of University College London, the Royal Society of Arts, the Institute of Public Relations, and the Industry and Parliament Trust. He is a Trustee of the Verulamium Museum, St. Albans, President of the St. Albans Liberal Democrats and a member of the National Liberal Club.