Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> May 15, 2000
PHILIP DEWHURST is Shandwick International's UK Chief Executive. Mr
Dewhurst has worked in public relations for 25 years, in a career
spanning public sector, industry, major consultancy and FTSE company
appointments. From 1987 to 1995, he worked for two leading
international consulting groups, starting as a director of GCI and
becoming Chief Executive of the Saatchi & Saatchi PR subsidiary Rowland.
His clients included blue chip names such as Procter & Gamble, ICI,
Warner Lambert, Philip Morris and Pfizer, all of whom he advised
internationally. He was recruited to become UK Chief Executive of
Shandwick International in January 2000. Mr Dewhurst was elected a
fellow of the Institute of Public Relations in 1989, becoming its
president in 1999, and was voted PR Week's PR Professional of the year
in 1998. Profile
a description of the company's main activities today.
Mr. Dewhurst: We're a public relations consultancy, we are the
