Members of the Institute of Directors - Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, Shehu Ladan, Wayne Horkan, Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda (Paperback)

Chapters: Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, Shehu Ladan, Wayne Horkan, Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Peter Selwyn Gummer, Baron Chadlington FCIPR FinstD FCinstM FRSA (born 24 August 1942) is a British businessman. Gummer was born on 24 August 1942 to Selwyn Gummer, a Church of England priest, and his wife Margaret Mason. Gummer has two brothers; John Gummer, former Chairman of the Conservative Party, and Mark Selwyn Gummer, a businessman. He was educated at The King's School, Rochester before matriculating to Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he read Moral Science and Theology, with the aim of becoming a priest. Reading the works of philosophers such as Albert Camus led him to change his mind, and after gaining a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts he instead went into journalism. While writing for a trade press department Gummer found that he enjoyed the business side of things far more than the journalism, and decided to go into business. After several years working for other companies he founded a public relations (PR) firm called Shandwick in 1974, serving as its Chairman. Within seven years Shandwick was the largest PR company in the United Kingdom, and in 1984 it became publicly listed. In 1998 it was sold to the Interpublic Group of Companies, and is now part of Huntsworth. Initially Chairman of Huntsworth, Gummer was appointed Chief Executive on 25 September 2005 after the resignation of Richard Nichols, the group's previous Chief Executive. Gummer left this position on 12 May 2005, instead becoming an Executive Director. As well as his Public Relations work Gummer is also a non-executive director of Britax, a former director of Halifax and a visiting fellow at the University of Gloucestershire. H...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2230622