David Hughes, Esq

Career: mktg exec Express Newspapers 1979-82, Parly and external affrs offr Fedn of Civil Engrg Contractors 1982-85, exec sec Cncl for Environmental Conservation 1985-88, sr conslt then bd dir Shandwick Public Affairs 1988-93, dir of govt rels and public affrs The Communication Gp plc 1993-95, jt md The Rowland Co and md Rowland Sallingbury Casey 1995-97, fndr Cothelstone Consulting Ltd 1996-, dir Precise Communications Gp 1998-2001, dir Burlington Entertainment Ltd 1999-, md Palliser Public Counsel Ltd 2002-; conslt ESL & Network SA (Paris) 1998-; nat chm Lib Students 1976-77; Parly candidate: (Lib) Southampton Test 1979, (Lib-SDP Alliance) Westbury 1983 and 1987; nat chm Parly Candidates Assoc 1984-87, vice-chm Lib Pty 1985-88; memb: Hansard Soc for Parly Govt 1991, Int Assoc of Political Conslts 1995, Political Studies Assoc 2001; MInstD 1996

Books and Publications: Liberals and Social Democrats: the Case for an Alliance (1981), Guide to Westminster and Whitehall (1994), Marketing in the Voluntary Sector (2001); various articles in New Statesman, PR Week and other pubns