EFTA00582639.pdf

Go/colate f w s AcX3‘ Nes" coo NO"(11%g , ' Meat s Ate° tk c ets *Les' lec, 941 Hill and Knowlton, Inc. 466 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Tel. 212-885-0459 Fax 212-885-0533 Paul Taaffe President Hill and Knowlton, Inc. Current Position His current clients are primarily international companies engaged in communications across borders. Paul was previously President of Hill and Knowlton in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and prior to that, Chief Executive of Hill and Knowlton UK. Prior History Before joining Hill and KnovAton, 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. Before joining Shandwick Consultants, he 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. Other information Paul received his business degree in Australia and began his career in communications as a graduate at Unilever. Before moving to the UK he headed up Unilever's corporate relations. managing issues management, employee and corporate marketing programmes. EFTA00582639