3.1 Industry Groups
Council
of Public Relations Firms
The Council of Public Relations Firms is a leading industry body for
the PR industry. Its membership comprises 122 PR companies including
all of the top ten companies (of which B-M is one) and two-thirds
of the top fifty[22]
3.2
Governmental Links[23]
Revolving
Doors
Ken Rietz, B-M’s chief operating officer, had a political career
serving as “chief legislative adviser to a senior member of Congress,
as deputy chairman and political director of the Republican National
Committee, and as the strategic and media adviser to more than a dozen
members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
He also has served in senior positions in four Republican presidential
campaigns.”
Allan Biggar, CEO of B-M Europe, gained political experience as a
senior member of the Liberal Democrats campaign staff. He also worked
in the UK Parliament on UK privatization legislation, and the flotation
of British Telecom and other utilities.
