CEO must have known what Victoria Geoghegan was up to, says Bell Pottinger founder Tim Bell
The handling of the account for the Gupta-owned Oakbay was one reason he left the firm, he says
There was nothing that Victoria Geoghegan‚ one of Bell Pottinger’s lead partners on the Gupta-owned Oakbay account, could have done on the account without the knowledge of CEO James Henderson‚ former Bell Pottinger chairman Lord Tim Bell says. The PR firm fired Geoghegan in July after finding evidence of a social media campaign that highlighted the issue of economic emancipation in a way that the firm considered to be inappropriate and offensive. Henderson resigned at the weekend, on the eve of the release of a finding into the conduct of Bell Pottinger by the UK’s Public Relations and Communications Association. The firm has been expelled from the association. The DA has alleged that the PR firm worked for the Gupta family and devised a strategy of protest against "white monopoly capital" to allegedly divert attention away from criticism of the Gupta family’s activities and that such action violated The association’s code of conduct. Speaking to Radio 702 on Monday night‚ Bell said...
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