MT RAINEY JOINS BOARD AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

KEVIN PRINGLE JOINS AS PARTNER

The team at Charlotte Street Partners is strengthened significantly with the appointment of a new Non-Executive Director and a new Partner.

MT Rainey OBE, among the creative industries’ most significant leaders, joins the Board in July. Kevin Pringle, strategic communications director for the Scottish National Party and one of the UK’s most respected and experienced strategists, will join the company as a Partner, in August.

Commenting, the Chairman of Charlotte Street Partners, Sir Angus Grossart, said:

“MT has an outstanding track record in building, managing and guiding communications businesses in the UK and internationally. Her wisdom and experience will be important assets for the Board as the company builds on its early successes.

“In Kevin, we have recruited one of the outstanding communications strategists of his generation. We are pleased that he has chosen to bring his talents to Charlotte Street Partners at such a significant moment in Scottish and UK public life.

“Businesses and institutions across the UK are facing an extended period of challenge and reform, and our team of senior advisers is now even better placed to help our clients successfully manage the many opportunities and risks that can and do arise.”

MT Rainey said:

“Charlotte Street Partners is an exciting and ambitious young business in an increasingly important sector, with roots in Scotland, but with national reach and international ambition. I am pleased to be part of the team and excited to be able to help steer them through the challenges of growth”.

Kevin Pringle said:

“Following a remarkable and intense few years of political campaigning, I’m looking forward to a fresh challenge in the private sector. Charlotte Street Partners is an exciting young business with a high-quality team.

“They already have an impressive mix of major clients and I am keen to play my part in helping to take the business forward. My final few weeks with the SNP will be spent at Westminster, where the new-look House of Commons promises to provide a fascinating experience.”

Other people moves

Laura Leslie, who is on an extended secondment from TSB, has been promoted to Associate Partner. Chris Sibbald, part of our founding team, has been promoted to Senior Associate.

Further information from:

Malcolm Robertson, Managing Partner: 07788 567680

Notes to editors:

About Charlotte Street Partners

Charlotte Street Partners was founded by Malcolm Robertson and Andrew Wilson in January 2014, and is chaired by Sir Angus Grossart. The company is based in Edinburgh and London, and provides strategic management and communications advice to a number of companies and institutions. The Partners team includes former Telegraph Group Head of Comment Chris Deerin.

The Board also includes Roland Rudd, James Murgatroyd and Johnny Hornby.

About MT Rainey

MT (Mary Teresa) Rainey is Chairman of Think, one of the UK’s leading digital agencies, and was Founding Partner of advertising agency Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, now one of the top agencies in the UK.

MT is also a Non Executive Director of Channel 4 and of Pinewood Studios. In a voluntary capacity she is Vice Chair of Creative Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the Creative Industries. She is also the founder of social enterprise Horsesmouth.co.uk — an online venue for safe, informal mentoring, inspired by the potential of social media to create public value.

A graduate of Glasgow University, MT has had an extensive career in advertising both in the United States and the UK, and is a previous Chair of both the Marketing Group of Great Britain and The Thirty Club.

About Kevin Pringle

Kevin Pringle is one of the most respected strategic communications experts of his generation. In May 2007 he was appointed senior special adviser to the then First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, and has been strategic communications director for the SNP since September 2012.

He worked for Centrica as Scottish Gas corporate affairs manager between June 2004 and December 2006, and joined the SNP’s 2007 election campaign at the turn of that year.

He has a degree in economic history and international relations from Aberdeen University. He will take up his new post on 10th August.