Quiller Consultants
Quiller Consultants is a British lobbying and public relations firm based in Westminster in central London that has close links to the Conservative party.[1][2]
The company was formed in 1998 by John Eisenhammer, a former journalist with The Independent and Jonathan Hill, a former Whitehall mandarin. Both had previously worked at Bell Pottinger[1] and Hill was later made a life peer by the Conservatives.[2] In 2006, Quiller was acquired by Huntsworth,[3] a company owned by Peter Gummer who ran the Conservative party in David Cameron's constituency.[1]
Employees
[edit]Current or former employees include:
- Gerard Russell - a former British diplomat in the Middle East who was in charge of Quilter's work on behalf of the United Arab Emirates including briefing journalists to write negative articles on Qatar.[4]
- George Bridges - former political director for David Cameron and a Conservative life peer since 2015.[5]
- Howell James - former adviser to John Major and the CEO of Quiller from 2014 to 2017.[6]
- Sarah Jones - Labour MP for Croydon.[7]
- Stephen Parkinson - previously worked for David Cameron[8] and was later appointed as an adviser to Theresa May[9]
- Sean Worth - former adviser to David Cameron.[10]
Clients
[edit]- A4e[11]
- British Land[12]
- Capita[13]
- CDC Group[14]
- City of London Corporation - during the Occupy London protests.[15]
- The Co-operative Group during the scandal surrounding chairman Paul Flower's drug use.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sloan, Alastair (24 November 2014). "The London lobbyists spinning for UAE". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ a b Singleton, David (7 March 2017). "Quiller goes corporate with Chandler". Public Affairs News.
- ^ "Quiller joins Hudson Sandler". www.investegate.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Donaghy, Rori (18 October 2015). "UAE paid PR firm millions to brief UK journalists on Qatar, Brotherhood attacks". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Syal, Rajeev; Hughes, Solomon; MacQueen, Flora (23 November 2012). "David Cameron's former NHS privatisation adviser becomes lobbyist". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Singleton, David (7 August 2017). "Chandler takes top job at Quiller as James steps down". Public Affairs News. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Romer, Christy (2017-06-13). "A third of new MPs have arts and culture links". Arts Professional. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Singleton, David (2011-10-19). "Ministers' meetings linked to top Tory lobbying firm Quiller Consultants". PR Week. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Who's who in Team Theresa May". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Owen, John (2013-10-23). "Quiller Consultants snares former David Cameron adviser Sean Worth". PR Week. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Ross, Tim (11 January 2013). "Lord Hill faces 'conflict of interest' claim over shares". Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Muir, Rod (7 September 2017). "WPI Strategy steals top Quiller account with British Land". Public Affairs News. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ a b Wright, Oliver (7 January 2013). "Promotion to Leader of the Lords just stresses Lord Hill's Government". The Independent. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts; House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (30 April 2009). Investing for Development: The Department for International Development's Oversight of CDC Group Plc, Eighteenth Report of Session 2008-09, Report, Together with Formal Minutes and Oral and Written Evidence. The Stationery Office. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-0-215-52986-2.
- ^ Tamasin Cave; Andy Rowell; Christopher Rowell (2015). A Quiet Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain. Penguin Random House. pp. 92–. ISBN 978-0-09-957831-4.
- ^ Boffey, Daniel; Treanor, Jill (23 November 2013). "The Co-op scandal: drugs, sex, religion … and the humiliation of an idealist movement". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Company website
- Quiller Consultants at Powerbase