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Huntsworth
Company typePrivate
IndustryPharmaceuticals
FounderLord Chadlington
HeadquartersLondon, England
Number of locations50 principal offices in 28 countries
Area servedWorldwide
Key people
  • Liam FitzGerald (Chairman)
  • Neil Jones (CEO)
ServicesIntegrated healthcare communications
OwnerClayton, Dubilier & Rice
SubsidiariesMedistrava
Evoke
The Creative Engagement Group
Grayling
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Red
Websitewww.huntsworth.com

Huntsworth Plc is an international healthcare and communications group.

The Group's principal area of focus is health, which provides marketing and medical communications services to healthcare clients, which are primarily large and mid-size pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Huntsworth is owned by private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

Clients

Graylings has lobbied for some of Britain's leading companies, like National Grid and BT, and has carried out PR work for Belarus. When working for Huntsworth, its founder Lord Chadlington personally lobbied for several clients, including the London Stock Exchange, Associated British Foods and the Carlyle Group. Chadlington would also advise private equity companies on issues being examined by the Commons Treasury Select Committee as well as prime senior figures from private equity firms such as Permira, KKR, 3i and the Carlyle Group before they appeared before the Treasury Select Committee.

Political connections

Huntsworth is a major donor to the UK Conservative Party: between them, Lord Chadlington and Huntsworth donated £77,000 to the Tories between 2005 and 2010.

References

  1. "Huntsworth Leadership Team". Huntsworth. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Top lobbyist denies giving money to Tories – but accounts tell a story". The Independent. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Tory peer's PR firm lobbies as Lukashenko crushes dissent". The Independent. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. "PM's private land deal with lobbyist raises questions". Channel 4 News. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  5. "Peer review: Lords paid by lobbying firms". The Guardian. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. Coates, Sam; Bird, Steve (30 January 2009). "David Cameron ally Lord Chadlington primed private equity leaders before inquiry". The Times. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

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