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 2007, Quiller was acquired by Huntsworth, a company owned by Peter Gummer who ran the Conservative party in David Cameron's constituency.[1]

Employees

Current or former employees include:

• Gerard Russell - a former British diplomat in the Middle East who was in charge of Quiller's work on behalf of the United Arab Emirates including briefing journalists to write negative articles on Qatar.[3]
• George Bridges - former political director for David Cameron and a Conservative life peer since 2015.[4]
• Howell James - former adviser to John Major and the CEO of Quiller from 2014 to 2017.[5]
• Sarah Jones - Labour MP for Croydon.[6]
• Stephen Parkinson - previously worked for David Cameron[7] and was later appointed as an adviser to Theresa May[8]
• Sean Worth - former adviser to David Cameron.[9]

Clients

• A4e[10]
• British Land[11]
• Capita[12]
• CDC Group[13]
• City of London Corporation - during the Occupy London protests.[14]
• The Co-operative Group during the scandal surrounding chairman Paul Flower's drug use.[15]

• HSBC[10]

• MigrationWatch UK[12]
• PricewaterhouseCoopers[10]
• Telefonica[10]
• Tesco[10]
• United Arab Emirates[1]

References

1. Sloan, Alastair (24 November 2014). "The London lobbyists spinning for UAE". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
2. Singleton, David (7 March 2017). "Quiller goes corporate with Chandler". Public Affairs News.
3. 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.
4. Syal, Rajeev; Hughes, Solomon; MacQueen, Flora (23 November 2012). "David Cameron's former NHS privatisation adviser becomes lobbyist". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
5. Singleton, David (7 August 2017). "Chandler takes top job at Quiller as James steps down". Public Affairs News. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
6. Romer, Christy (2017-06-13). "A third of new MPs have arts and culture links". Arts Professional. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
7. Singleton, David (2011-10-19). "Ministers' meetings linked to top Tory lobbying firm Quiller Consultants". PR Week. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
8. "Who's who in Team Theresa May". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
9. Owen, John (2013-10-23). "Quiller Consultants snares former David Cameron adviser Sean Worth". PR Week. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
10. Ross, Tim (11 January 2013). "Lord Hill faces 'conflict of interest' claim over shares". Retrieved 11 November 2018.
11. Muir, Rod (7 September 2017). "WPI Strategy steals top Quiller account with British Land". Public Affairs News. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
12. Wright, Oliver (7 January 2013). "Promotion to Leader of the Lords just stresses Lord Hill's Government". The Independent. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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

• Company website
• Quiller Consultants at Powerbase