Paul Fox – Chairman and CEO

Paul Fox is one of the world’s most experienced communications professionals with a long and distinguished track record of building and protecting the reputations of some of the world’s most respected businesses. An acknowledged expert in crisis and issue management, he was awarded an individual Sabre in 2013 for outstanding contributions to public relations and named one of PR Week’s Top 50 Most Influential PR Professionals.  He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford in England.

He established Derdale after more than 15 years leading global corporate communications for consumer products giant, Procter & Gamble.  However, his career began as a journalist in the United Kingdom so he intimately understands the role media plays in shaping opinion.   He entered the world of local Government public relations during the 1980s later joining a major European airline as head of public relations and public affairs.

He ran three successful public relations consultancies in Europe before moving to the United States of America in the 1990s to provide strategic communications counsel to many Fortune 500 companies.