Robert is the co-founder of Jericho Chambers – a progressive strategy consultancy described as “a much-needed antidote to McKinsey and WPP” – and a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London. Formerly, Robert was President and CEO, EMEA, of Edelman, the world’s largest Public Relations firm. As well as being author of Trust Me, PR Is Dead (Unbound, 2015) Robert co-authored Citizen Renaissance in 2008. He is a public speaker, media commentator and columnist, and advises companies at senior level on issues of trust and communications. Robert fundamentally believes that Public Relations is dead – through his writing and professional counsel, Robert advocates new models of Public Leadership, Public Value and Permanent Engagement.