Quiller Consultants Explained

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

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

• 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]
• HSBC^[11]
• MigrationWatch UK^[13]
• PricewaterhouseCoopers^[11]
• Telefonica^[11]
• Tesco^[11]
• United Arab Emirates^[1]

External links

• Company website
• Quiller Consultants at Powerbase

Notes and References

1. News: Sloan . Alastair . The London lobbyists spinning for UAE . 11 November 2018 . Middle East Monitor . 24 November 2014.
2. News: Singleton . David . Quiller goes corporate with Chandler . Public Affairs News . 7 March 2017 . en.
3. Web site: Quiller joins Hudson Sandler . www.investegate.co.uk . 18 January 2023.
4. News: Donaghy . Rori . UAE paid PR firm millions to brief UK journalists on Qatar, Brotherhood attacks . 11 November 2018 . Middle East Eye . 18 October 2015 . en.
5. News: Syal . Rajeev . Hughes . Solomon . MacQueen . Flora . David Cameron's former NHS privatisation adviser becomes lobbyist . 11 November 2018 . The Guardian . 23 November 2012 . en.
6. News: Singleton . David . Chandler takes top job at Quiller as James steps down . 11 November 2018 . Public Affairs News . 7 August 2017 . en.
7. News: Romer . Christy . A third of new MPs have arts and culture links . 11 November 2018 . Arts Professional . 2017-06-13 . en.
8. News: Singleton . David . Ministers' meetings linked to top Tory lobbying firm Quiller Consultants . 11 November 2018 . PR Week . 2011-10-19.
9. News: Who's who in Team Theresa May . 11 November 2018 . BBC News . 14 July 2016.
10. News: Owen . John . Quiller Consultants snares former David Cameron adviser Sean Worth . 11 November 2018 . PR Week . 2013-10-23.
11. News: Ross . Tim . Lord Hill faces 'conflict of interest' claim over shares . 11 November 2018 . 11 January 2013.
12. News: Muir . Rod . WPI Strategy steals top Quiller account with British Land . 11 November 2018 . Public Affairs News . 7 September 2017 . en.
13. News: Wright . Oliver . Promotion to Leader of the Lords just stresses Lord Hill's Government . 11 November 2018 . The Independent . 7 January 2013.
14. Book: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts. House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. 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. 30 April 2009. The Stationery Office. 978-0-215-52986-2. 13–.
15. Book: Tamasin Cave. Andy Rowell. Christopher Rowell. A Quiet Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain. 2015. Penguin Random House. 978-0-09-957831-4. 92–.
16. News: Boffey . Daniel . Treanor . Jill . The Co-op scandal: drugs, sex, religion … and the humiliation of an idealist movement . 11 November 2018 . the Guardian . 23 November 2013 . en.