Quiller Consultants
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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]
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]