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Kekst CNC

Kekst CNC Background Kekst CNC is a public relations firm owned by PublicisGroupe, a French advertising and public relations conglomerate. In 2018, PublicisGroupe subsidiaries Kekst and CNC (Communications and […]

Ogilvy

Ogilvy Background Ogilvy is a PR and advertising firm that was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. It now has 131 offices and works in 93 countries.Previously known as Ogilvy & Mather, it has had decades-long relationships with oil and chemical companies, including Shell, Chevron, the American […]

Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick Background Weber Shandwick is the second largest PR firm in the world, with Edelman being the largest. It is a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group of Companies2“O’Dwyer’s O’D 2022 Directory of Public Relations Firms,” O’Dwyers PR. Archived .pdf […]

David Frost

Credentials Background David Frost has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2020. He served as Boris Johnson’s Chief Brexit Negotiator in 2021 and Minister of State at the Cabinet Office from March to December 2021, following a career as a civil servant and diplomat.1“The RT Hn Lord Frost CMG,” Gov.uk. Archived […]

GB News

GB News Background GB News is a UK-based TV and radio outlet founded in June 2021. It operates a range of news and opinion programmes and claims to “not shy away from controversial issues”.  The outlet has provided a platform to climate […]

John F. Clauser

John F. Clauser Credentials Background John Francis Clauser is an experimental physicist and member of the board of directors of the CO2 Coalition, a group that claims that both CO2 emissions and associated global warming would be “of […]

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber

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Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber Credentials Background Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Ph.D., is a minister of state in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Cabinet and managing director and group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). According to his profile […]

Peer Ederer

Credentials Background Peer Ederer is a financial economist, business professor, and consultant to the agribusiness industry. Ederer’s consulting work focuses particularly on the meat and dairy sectors.  Ederer is the founder of the Global Food and Agribusiness Network (GFAN), a “science-based service providing seminars and research to the global food system stakeholder community,”1“About,” Global Food […]

FleishmanHillard

FleishmanHillard Background As of 2022, FleishmanHillard was ranked as the fourth-largest PR firm in the world by income in fees, including that of some subsidiaries. It is headquartered in the United States with offices in Central America, South America, Europe, […]

Alberta Prosperity Project

Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) Background The Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) describes itself as “a not-for-profit, non-partisan educational society, uniting all Albertans, businesses, and organizations to protect their prosperity, interests, freedoms, rights, and self-determination. “Our vision is for the prosperity, individual freedoms and rights of all […]