Finsbury
PR agency
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| Founder | Roland Rudd |
| Headquarters | London & New York |
| PR company based in London and New York that specialises in financial services clients. | |
Finsbury is a PR company based in London and New York that specialises in financial services clients. It is a subsidiary of British advertising and media conglomerate WPP plc.
History
Finsbury was founded by Roland Rudd in 1994 as Finsbury.[1] In 2001, the firm was sold to WPP in a deal that the Financial Times estimated earned Rudd £40 million.[2][3] Rudd remained chairman of the company.[4]
In 2011, Finsbury merged with Robinson Lerer & Montgomery of New York.[5][6] Rudd continued as chairman and Walter G. Montgomery became chief executive officer of the enlarged firm. Montgomery retired as CEO in 2014 but remains a partner in the firm.
In 2014, RLM Finsbury rebranded as just Finsbury which the firm felt would underline its global ambitions.[7]
Clients
Company clients have included Starbucks, Charles Schwab, Nielsen, Shell & The Royal Bank of Scotland.[8][9] In 2017, the firm was retained by the Kushner Cos., the real estate business run by the family of Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to President Donald Trump.[10] Finsbury has also represented Volkswagen A.G. during its diesel emissions scandal.[11]
Wikipedia editing
In November 2012, Finsbury was found to have anonymously edited the article about Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, removing information about various controversies.[12][13][14][15]
References
- ↑ http://www.holmesreport.com/agency-playbook/agency-profile/finsbury
- ↑ Who We Are. Finsbury. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ The networker. Lucy Kellaway, Financial Times, 12 August 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ↑ Roland Rudd Chairman. Finsbury. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "Danielle Drolet" PR Week, 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ "WPP merges Finsbury and RLM." Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson & Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times, 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ "RLM Finsbury rebrands to underscore global ambitions." Diana Bradley, PR Week, 17 September 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ http://everything-pr.com/strong-investor-relations-firms/62224/
- ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/99b9449e-b2f8-11e0-86b8-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3oILImvXO
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-23/kushner-cos-switches-to-crisis-manager-for-media-relations?utm_content=politics&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid==socialflow-twitter-politics
- ↑ https://www.prweek.com/article/1366398/volkswagen-hires-finsbury-kekst-hering-schuppener-emissions-crisis-continues
- ↑ http://www.prweek.com/article/1159206/pr-industry-blames-cumbersome-wikipedia-finsbury-editing-issue
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9671471/Finsbury-edited-Alisher-Usmanovs-Wikipedia-page.html
- ↑ http://newsroom.cipr.co.uk/cipr-responds-to-reports-of-rlm-finsbury-editing-wikipedia-pages-for-alisher-usmanov/
- ↑ http://www.prweek.com/article/1159715/wikipedia-defends-editing-processes-following-finsbury-clean-up
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