MHP Communications has announced that Former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey has joined the company as Senior Advisor as of today (Thursday 7th January).
Davey will give high-level advice on sectors including energy, infrastructure and logistics, to develop thought leadership and to provide senior counsel to MHP and the agency’s UK and international client base on a regular basis.
MHP’s existing team of senior advisers includes former Home Secretary Charles Clarke, former Health Minister Paul Burstow and Sir Brian Bender, ex-Permanent Secretary at the Department for Business, DEFRA, and the Cabinet Office.
Previously, Davey served for more than three years as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change during the Coalition Government until 2015. During this time he was also a member of the National Security Council. He was a Liberal Democrats MP for Kingston and Surbiton from 1997 to 2015.
Gavin Devine, Chief Executive of MHP Communications, commented: “I am proud to welcome Ed to our sector-leading team of senior advisers. This appointment underlines our commitment to bringing in great people able to deliver fantastic outcomes for our clients. We are proud that someone with such a vast wealth of top-level government experience has chosen to join MHP.
“Ed’s unique insight into the energy sector will be particularly valuable to the companies we work with in that industry. His knowledge of the top-level workings of Britain’s political system will also prove immensely useful to a range of our clients and to MHP itself.”
Ed Davey said: “I am delighted to be working with MHP Communications and to be joining their hugely experienced panel of senior advisers. The company already has a strong reputation for client counsel and I hope to build positively on this in my new role.”