Media must-haves? The
Times, News of the World, iGoogle.
Most respected journalist
Rebekah Wade.
Business or brand to
watch? ‘Brand Obama’.
Best advice? Be yourself
(and hope that’s enough).
PR campaign you wish
you’d thought of?
Compaq’s ‘Rage Against the
Machine’ in 1999. It helped put
IT on the mainstream press
agenda.
Favourite book
E: A Novel by Matt Beaumont.
Private members club?
That’s so not me.
Burning career ambition?
To take Bite into Europe.
One luxury you will keep
despite the credit crunch
Lazy-girl cabs.
Popper, Jonny
Director, London
Communications Agency
Popper is a
specialist in
development and
planning issues
and a player in
London politics.
His clients include Metropolitan
Police Property Services and Brent
Cross Cricklewood regeneration.
Before co-founding LCA, he
worked for Neil Stewart
Associates for four years, where he
was director of consultancy,
sponsorship and new business.
Address Middlesex House,
34-42 Cleveland Street,
London W1T 4JE0
Telephone 020 7612 8480
Born London, 1971.
Lives Crouch End, London, with
wife Natalie and daughter Ruby.
Career highlight LCA
winning both Agency of the Year
(CIPR) and Specialist Agency of
the Year (PRWeek) in 2007.
Media must-haves?
autosport.com.
Most respected journalist
Jonathan Freedland.
Most respected politician
Obama.
Best advice? Never have more
than 20 items in your inbox.
File, action or delete them.
Burning career ambition?
To represent a Formula 1 race
in London.
One luxury you will keep
despite the credit crunch
Sky Plus HD.
Pottinger, Piers
Deputy chairman, Chime
Communications
Long-time business
partner of Lord Bell
is uber-connected
in the corporate
and racing worlds.
Address
14 Curzon Street,
London W1J 5HN
Telephone 020 7495 4044
Born Edinburgh, 1954.
Lives Suffolk, with wife and
four children.
Professional inspiration?
Tim Bell.
Media must-haves?
Financial Times, The Spectator,
Racingpost.com.
Most respected journalist
T. E. Utley (deceased).
Most respected politician
Margaret Thatcher.
Business or brand to watch?
Jockey Club racecourses.
Best advice? Persist.
Favourite book A Month in
the Country by J. L. Carr.
Private members club?
The Garrick, Turf, Jockey
Club Rooms, Newmarket
and Suffolk Real Tennis,
Scottish Arts.
Burning career ambition?
To retire rich and happy.
One luxury you will keep
despite the credit crunch
Fine wine.
Prescott, Michael
MD, corporate and public affairs,
Weber Shandwick
Address 14 Gray’s Inn Road,
London WC1X 8WS
Telephone 020 7067 0000
Lowdown The highly rated
former political editor of
The Sunday Times possesses a
laid-back demeanour and dry
sense of humour.
Prosser, Stewart
Founder, Prosser Associates
Ex-Lehman comms
chief got out
of investment
banking to
establish a
successful
one-man shop in 2006.
Address 24 Landport Terrace,
Portsmouth PO1 2RG
Telephone 01730 302512
Born Winchester, 1959.
Lives Petersfield with wife and
three children.
Career highlight Realising 20
years of in-house experience did
have a value when I won my
first client as a consultant.
Worst moment of career
Hanging on to my Lehman
Brothers stock.
Professional inspiration?
Miles Davis: never look back.
Media must-haves? FT,
The Economist, The Word,
Mojo, gorkana.com.
Most respected journalist
Tony Hilton, still.
Most respected politician
Vince Cable is up there.
Business or brand to
watch? EMI.
Best advice? Take a deep
breath before responding.
PR campaign you wish
you’d thought of? Obama’s
use of ‘soft’ and ‘smart’ power.
Favourite book The Diving Bell
and the Butterfly by Jean-
Dominique Bauby.
Private members club?
Darby and Joan.
Burning career ambition?
To make a real difference in the
things I do.
One luxury you will keep
despite the credit crunch
My monthly subscription to
Mojo magazine.
RRaggett, Margot
CEO, Lexis PR
Raggett joined
Lexis in 1993 as
its first graduate
trainee. Fewer than
15 years later, she
had spearheaded an
MBO and now runs the place. She
is a savvy business operator with
a friendly and straight manner.
Address 8 Bolsover Street,
London W1W 6AB
Telephone 020 7908 6488
Born Portsmouth, 1972.
Lives Putney.
Career highlight Beating
14 other agencies to win the
Boots business.
Worst moment of career
The morning after my first
PRWeek Awards.
Professional inspiration?
My team.
Media must-haves? Today
programme, Newsnight, The
The PRWeek Power Book 2009 89
Sunday Times, The Sun, LinkedIn.
Most respected journalist
Robert Peston.
Most respected politician
Nelson Mandela.
Business or brand to
watch? M&S.
Best advice? Treat everyone as
you’d wish to be treated yourself.
PR campaign you wish
you’d thought of? Wispa.
Favourite book A Short History
of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
Private members club?
Soho House.
Burning career ambition?
Build Lexis internationally.
One luxury you will keep
despite the credit crunch
Wine.
Raheja, Anjna
MD, Media Moguls
Ethnic minority
PR specialist
Raheja heads the
agency that was set
up in 1994 to target
the South Asian
community but has since
diversified successfully.
Address 5-6 Howarine House,
Wembley, Middlesex HA9 OXA
Telephone 020 8902 5575
Born Mile End in London, 1965.
Lives Stanmore, with husband
Raj Ghai and son Aman (eight).
Career highlight Working
on the first Asian 24-hour
satellite channel, the inception
of ethnic TV channels in the
UK and the start of my passion
and belief in ethnic marketing
and PR.
Worst moment of career
Going into labour before a client
event and doing my handover to
staff while going through
contractions. I wouldn’t
recommend it.
Professional inspiration?
Asian women who have broken
the mould, not only choosing
careers outside medicine and
law, but also breaking down the
stereotypical images in the
‘mainstream’ community and
industries they work in: from
Baroness Uddin and Meena
Pathak to Meera Syal.
Media must-haves?
The Guardian, The Times,
Marketing Week, PRWeek,
brandrepublic.com.
Most respected journalist
Dipesh Gadher, deputy news
editor at The Sunday Times.
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