Paul Taaffe

Paul Taaffe is the Chairman and Chief Executive of the public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton.

"His current clients are primarily international companies engaged in communications across borders and include Kellogg, American Express and GE Capital. He was previously president of Hill & Knowlton in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and prior to that, chief executive of Hill & Knowlton UK," his biographical note states. 

"Before joining Hill & Knowlton, Mr. Taaffe was managing director of Shandwick Consultants where he was responsible for financial public relations, corporate and business-to-business communications programs on both national and international clients. Some of his major clients included Bass plc, 3i, Goldman Sachs and Touche Ross," it states. 

"Before joining Shandwick Consultants, Mr. Taaffe ran a group in a strategic communications consultancy where he developed communication programs for organizations such as Digital Equipment, General Electric, Unisys, Crosfield Electronics and Kodak," it states.