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November 2008 – Insight Consultants Forge Links with Global PR Network
Insight Consultants, held a reception at Bentley’s Oyster Bar and Grill, Wednesday, 26th November to announce its strategic alliance with leading international public relations company Citigate Dewe Rogerson. The affiliation, reflects the award-winning companies’ shared experience and expertise in the areas of financial and corporate communications, public affairs, healthcare, property and investor relations.
Insight Consultants has formed a strategic alliance with Citigate Dewe Rogerson, one of the world’s leading public relations companies with offices and affiliates in over 20 countries across the globe. The Citigate Dewe Rogerson network includes offices in London, Brussels,Hong Kong and New York and a presence in emerging markets including Mumbai, Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai and Moscow. The affiliation, announced today, reflects the award-winning companies’ shared experience and expertise in the areas of financial and corporate communications, public affairs, healthcare, property and investor relations.
As an Irish owned and managed firm, Insight Consultants and its clients will now be able to benefit from the network of leading PR professionals in Citigate Dewe Rogerson offices and affiliates in the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. Through the expansive Citigate Dewe Rogerson network, Insight Consultants’ clients will have access to senior level PR advice in all of these countries. It is envisaged that under the new arrangement both companies will work together to develop integrated multi-territory campaigns for clients. The firms will share information resources and drive business across the range of countries as part of the new alliance. Both agencies will remain independent under this strategic arrangement.
Citigate Dewe Rogerson is the recognised global leader in international share offer communications. With a 25 year track record of success, CDR has helped raise over US $500 billion in 250 major offerings for issuers, private equity sponsors and governments starting with BT in the 1980s and more recently, Eircom and some of the largest IPOs of recent years, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and VTB Group. But it also an award-winner in the areas of corporate and consumer communications as it has developed its business to be able to support companies in all their critical business decisions.
Founding partner of Insight Consultants, Michael Parker, commented; “Offering clients an international dimension is a natural progression for our young and growing agency. Our clients need access to PR expertise in the UK and international markets and as such we have been actively seeking the right partner so that we can give our clients access to a global platform. Citigate Dewe Rogerson is a great strategic fit for us given both agencies’ shared experience and expertise.”
“This partnership is designed to enhance the offering Insight Consultants provides for our clients and marks a significant landmark in our development, providing direct representation in many of the world’s key and emerging markets”, he said.
Michael Keane, Founding Partner, Insight Consultants, said; “We will continue delivering innovative, high-quality communications solutions for our clients with the added advantage of now being able to offer this service on a global scale. Clients will benefit from the high level of service and advice that are synonymous with both PR consultancies.”
Deborah Saw, Managing Director of Citigate Dewe Rogerson in UK, commented; “CDR is delighted to have entered into partnership with Insight Consultants which shares so many of our values and will be able to offer our clients the same level of expertise as they receive from us. We both believe that our overriding concern is to help our clients’ achieve their business objectives.”