Stephen is a PR entrepreneur with 15 years experience as a managing director, non executive director, charitable trustee and governor. He is co-managing director of Speed, the London based PR agency launched in March 2009 that helps brands such as The Economist, Symantec, Tesco and Virgin Media Business manage their reputations in traditional, online and social media. He joined Admiral PR & Marketing as non-executive chairman in January 2010. Prior to Speed, Stephen was a founder and co-managing director of Rainier PR from 1998, which was acquired by Loewy in 2007, and is now part of Speed. He has also worked for two large PR firms, Brodeur (Omnicom, NYSE: OMC) and Weber Shandwick (Interpublic Group, NASDAQ: IPG). Stephen has consulted some of the world's largest brands and is a regular commentator and public speaker on PR issues in the media on topics related to public relations, social media, digital and traditional media. Stephen sits on the CIPR’s Social Media Panel and the PRCA’s PR Council.