PR Studies

Like father, like daughter?

Our industry is barely a century old, and it's still not quite a full profession. So it's not surprising that there are so few British PR dynasties.

I've worked with Kevin Traverse-Healy FCIPR whose father Tim is a distinguished practitioner and academic. I remember Chris Corfield (when at A Plus Group) telling me his father had been in PR. Crispin Manners also followed in his father Norman's footsteps (see the note to editors at the end of this news release).

Have I missed any obvious dynastic examples? Perhaps here's one for the future...

One of our second year students is the daughter of CIPR president Tony Bradley's business partner (in Bradley O'Mahoney). She possibly has greater opportunities than her father (since the public relations business is now so much larger), but she will probably face more competition at every stage of her career.

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Like father, like daughter?

Our industry is barely a century old, and it's still not quite a full profession. So it's not surprising that there are so few British PR dynasties.

I've worked with Kevin Traverse-Healy FCIPR whose father Tim is a distinguished practitioner and academic. I remember Chris Corfield (when at A Plus Group) telling me his father had been in PR. Crispin Manners also followed in his father Norman's footsteps (see the note to editors at the end of this news release).

Have I missed any obvious dynastic examples? Perhaps here's one for the future...

One of our second year students is the daughter of CIPR president Tony Bradley's business partner (in Bradley O'Mahoney). She possibly has greater opportunities than her father (since the public relations business is now so much larger), but she will probably face more competition at every stage of her career.