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
- Nigel Kennedy, Group Chief Executive of Grayling, has been appointed CEO of Grayling Global.
- 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]
Clients
- Allianz Worldwide Care [2]
- Allianz Insurance (the UK division of Allianz Group)[2]
References
- ↑ Global Consulting Group Global Consulting is now Grayling Global!, 13 March 2008, accessed 18 November 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matt Cartmell, Allianz Worldwide Care Appoints Grayling For Pan-European Brief, PRWeek, 15 June 2011, accessed same day
