Interel

Interel was created in 1983 and describes itself Interel About Accessed 15th January 2008 as 'a leading strategic communications and public affairs consultancy in continental Europe'. It goes on to add that the 'company is a full-service consultancy managing assignments ranging from reputation management to financial communications, consumer PR and European Public Affairs'.
See also Interel Consulting UK (formerly Politics International).
==People==
===APPC lobbying register===
====June 2017-Aug 2017====
Tosin Adedayo | Tilly Aviram | William Blackman | Stephen Bramall | Hannah Carmichael | Alexander Cassels | Gemma Doyle | Stephen Edwards | Anna Jobling | Jamie Leich | Bob Lewis | George McGregor | Michael McLaughlin | Katherine Morgan | Alexander Mulchrone | Ricardo Pedrosa | Kenneth Pritchard | Holly Ramsey | Sam Rogerson | Christine Thompson | Carl Thomson | Brian Wadsworth | Lee Whitehill | Jackson Wild
====March 2016-May 2016====
Tilly Aviram | Michael Blakeney | Stephen Bramall | Hannah Carmichael | David Child | Stephen Edwards | Amanda Gdula | Anna Jobling | Toby Kay | Bob Lewis | Mary McCue | George McGregor | Michael McLaughlin | Katherine Morgan | Alexander Mulchrone | Adrian Parkinson | Jennifer Pattison | Ricardo Pedrosa | Kenneth Pritchard | Brian Wadsworth | Oli Waghorn | Lee Whitehill | Becca WrightInterel staff Mar-May16, APPC, accessed 16 June 2016 
====December 2015-February 2016====
Tilly Aviram | Michael Blakeney | Stephen Bramall | Hannah Carmichael | David Child | Stephen Edwards | Harriet Edwards | Amanda Gdula | Anna Jobling | Toby Kay | Bob Lewis | Mary McCue | George McGregor | Katherine Morgan | Alexander Mulchrone | Steven Norris | Adrian Parkinson | Kenneth Pritchard | Brian Wadsworth | Oli Waghorn | Lee Whitehill | Becca Wright 
====September 2015-November 2015====
Michael Blakeney | Stephen Bramall | Hannah Carmichael | David Child | Stephen Edwards | Harriet Edwards | Amanda Gdula | Alice Hodgson | Anna Jobling | Toby Kay | Nick Lester | Bob Lewis | Mary McCue | George McGregor | Katherine Morgan | Alexander Mulchrone | Steven Norris | Adrian Parkinson | Kenneth Pritchard | Craig Stanley-Adamson | Brian Wadsworth | Oli Waghorn | Lee Whitehill | Becca WrightInterel Consulting staff list Sep-Nov15, APPC.org, accessed 24 February 2016
====January 2008====
In January 2008, Interel described their Management as comprising Interel About - Management Accessed 15th January 2008...
* Jean Leopold Schuybroek - Executive Chairman and Head of Public RealtionsInterel, Management, accessed 10 Feb 2010. Schuybroek's biography Interel Jean-Leopold Accessed 15th January 2008 describes how he 'has been responsible for the crisis and issue management of some of the most complex and high profile incidents in Europe, ranging across a wide range of subjects including the environment, labour relations, legal and regulatory issues and health' (Details of these incidents or the organisations involved are not disclosed). Schuybroek is currently Chairman of The International Communications Consultancy Organisation’s Membership and Governance committee and as is a member of the ICCO's executive committee. He is a founding member of The European Public Affairs Consultants Association (EPACA). Schuybroek previously served as a special advisor to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Trinidad and Tobago, as a Managing Director for Teleprint International (a Swiss telecommunications and information company), was President of The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) and was President of the Belgian Public Relations Consultants Association (BPRCA) - also known as Belgisch Genootschap van Public Relations Adviseurs. Schuybroek also serves as Chair of the International Development Group for Public Relations Organisation International Public Relations Organisation International Management Board Accessed 15th January 2008. 
* Fredrik Lofthagen - Chief Executive. Lofthagen's biography Interel Fredrik Accessed 15th January 2008 describes how he joined Interel in 1996 as a public affairs consultant and became Director in 1997 (to develop the company’s EU Public Affairs practice). He became Partner and Managing Director in 1999 and Group Chief Executive in 2006. He is a Member of the Board of the Society of European Affairs Professionals. His previous involvements include employment with the Law Society of England and Wales and he has also served as a practicing lawyer with Belgian law firm De Bandt, van Hecke and Lagae (now part of Linklaters). He is the co-author of EU-Initiatives (a guide to all major EU legislative proposals) and lectures regularly on EU affairs and campaign management. 
* Bob Lewis - Group Chief Operating Officer. Lewis's biography Interel Bob Accessed 15th January 2008 describes how he is a founder member of the European Corporate Responsibility Strategy Board and is a member of the Open University Governing Council (where he also chairs the Occupational Standards Board and sits on the Open University Business School Advisory Board). Lewis has also contributed to a range of other national and international advisory groups including the Africa Policy Advisory Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the New Deal Advisory Group at the Treasury Office (both for the UK government). Lewis previously held the position of European Vice President & General Manager for Global Knowledge, was Director of Organisational Effectiveness at Energis Communications, was a member of the Cable Communications Association executive management team and served six years at Cisco Systems (where he built and directed the largest public/private education partnership across Europe, Middle East & Africa). Lewis also served McKinsey and Company 'as part of the European leadership team charged with establishing an integrated Public Sector vertical business organisation'. Lewis began his career in financial administration at Mercedes Benz (UK) Ltd in 1979.
* Emmanuel Goedseels - Managing Director, Belgian Practice. Goedseels biography Interel Emmanuel Accessed 15th January 2008 describes how he joined Interel in 1997 and supports clients in both Public Relations and Public Affairs. His clients include Citibank, IKEA, Beiersdorf, Fnac, InBev, Thalys International Air Liquide and Shell. Goedseels previously spent several years as a journalist with France-Inter in Paris and for Le Soir newspaper group in Belgium. 
* Tom Parker - Managing Director, European Public Affairs Practice. Parker's biography Interel Tom Accessed 15th January 2008 describes how he has been with Interel for nine years and took the position of Managing Director in 2006. Parker's previous involvements include 'two years with a leading international consultancy, specialising in health and environmental policy and a leading UK law firm' (names of organisations not disclosed). His biography also states that he 'is a regular lecturer on EU affairs, is on the editorial board of a number of leading publications reporting on developments at the EU level and is a member of the Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP)'. 
* Jan Van Heuverswyn - Managing Director, Specialist Services. Van Heuverswyn's biography Interel Jan Accessed 15th January 2008 describes how he 'heads the “Specialist Services” division of Interel which includes the Interel Training Centre (ITC), the EU Representation & Associations Management division and the International PR activities. He also continues working as a consultant on Corporate assignments'. Van Heuverswyn started his career at Agoria (the Multisector Federation for the Technology Industry) and in 1983 was appointed to the cabinet of Minister G. Geens (Minister-President of the Government of Flanders) with responsibility for international relations and economic development. He also previously served as Director of Communication for Dexia Bank and Fortis (two major Belgian financial institutions).
* Baudouin Velge - Managing Director, Interel Public Relations & Public Affairs. Velge's biography Interel Velge Accessed 15th January 2008 describes how he is a Member of the Board of two BEL20 companies (Bekaert and Cofinimmo) and is Member of the Advisory Board of BT Benelux. Velge was previously CEO of the Federation of Belgian Retailers (Fedis), a Member of the Board (& Manager of the Economic Department, 1996 to 2004) of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium VBO-FEB and of the European Federation of Retailers Eurocommerce. He also previously served as Attache of the Department of Economic Studies of the National Bank of Belgium (1983), served Philips Electronics Group between 1987 to 1991 and served as General Manager of Cobac Services Belgium and Secretary of the Board of Directors Cobac S.A. (part of the Cobac Group, now known as Euler-Hermes). He also previously served as Deputy Chairman of the Central Economic Council and Member of the Board of Directors of Ducroire/Delcredere. Velge has also served as Lecturer in Macroeconomics at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Leuven, St-Louis and EHSAL.
==Clients==
===Registrar of consultant lobbyists===
The register of consultant lobbyists documents those clients on behalf of whom Interel has lobbied government ministers and the firms filings since 2015 are as follows: 
====April - June 2016====
British Amusement Catering Trade Association (working in support of the Fixed odds betting terminals APPG) | British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions | Campaign for Fairer Gambling (working in support of the Fixed odds betting terminals APPG) | Expedia | Hippodrome Casino | LM Consultants | Nissan | Novomatic (working in support of the Fixed odds betting terminals APPG)'Interel profile 2016', Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 21 July 2016
====January - March 2016====
Arco | British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions | Expedia | Federation of Wholesale Distributors | Hippodrome Casino | LM Consultants | Nissan | QinetiQ | SABMiller Interel Consulting profile 2016, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 3 May 2016 
====October - December 2015====
Babcock Mission Critical | British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions | Expedia | Hippodrome Casino | LM Consultants | Project Management Institute | SiemensInterel Consulting profile 2015, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 8 February 2016
====July - September 2015====
Amey | Arco | Berwin, Leighton, Paisner | Eurovia Group | St John Ambulance | Vinci | Wise
====April - June 2015====
Amey | Berwin, Leighton, Paisner | Eurovia Group | LM Consultants | Nissan | Project Management Institute | Skanska UK | St John Ambulance | Vinci
====January - March 2015====
Amey Group Services | Eurovia Group | Nissan Europe | Skanska UK | The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions | Vinci
===APPC lobbying register===
====March 2016-May 2016====
Academy for Eating Disorders | Airtanker | Arco | Babcock | Babcock Mission Critical Services | BACTA | Balppa | Berendsen | British Art Market Foundation | Canadian Standards Association | Challenger | Community | Confederation of Passenger Transport | Consortium of East Coast Mainline Authorities | Expedia | Federation of Wholesale Distributors | Fixed Odds Betting Terminals All-Party Parliamentary Group | General Mills | Hippodrome Casino | HomeAway | IEEE | Intel Security | Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association | ISACA | ISSA | LMM Associates | Lockheed Martin | Logpoint | Magnox | Nissan | Oikos Storage | OSA | Paragon | Project Management Institute | Qatar Airways | QinetiQ | Rail Delivery Group | Red Bull "| SABMiller plc | Shaw Education Trust | Shaw Trust | Siemens Rail | Society of Women Engineers | St John Ambulance | The Road Ahead Group | Veritec Solutions 
====December 2015-February 2016====
Academy for Eating Disorders | Airtanker | Arco | Babcock | Babcock Mission Critical Services | Balppa | Berendsen | British Art Market Foundation | Canadian Standards Association | Challenger Community | Confederation of Passenger Transport | Consortium of East Coast Mainline Authorities | Expedia | Federation of Wholesale Distributors | Gilead | HomeAway | IEEE | Intel Security | ISACA | ISSA | LMM Associates | Lockheed Martin | Nissan | Oikos Storage | Paragon | Project Management Institute | Qatar Airways | QinetiQ | Rail Delivery Group | Red Bull | SABMiller plc | Shaw Education Trust | Shaw Trust | Siemens Rail | Society of Women Engineers | St John Ambulance | Storage Networking Industry Association | The Road Ahead Group | Veritec Solutions | Wise Employment 
====September 2015-November 2015====
Abellio | Academy for Eating Disorders | Airtanker | Arco | Ascent | Babcock | Babcock Mission Critical Services | Balppa | British Art Market Foundation | BTG Pactual | Canadian Standards Association | Challenger | Community | Confederation of Passenger Transport | Consortium of East Coast Mainline Authorities | Expedia | Federation of Wholesale Distributors HomeAway | IEEE | Intel Security | ISACA | ISSA | LMM Associates | Lockheed Martin | Nissan | Oikos Storage | Paragon | Project Management Institute | Qatar Airways | QinetiQ | Rail Delivery Group | Red Bull | Refuge | SABMiller | Shaw Trust | Siemens Rail | Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers | St John Ambulance | Storage Networking Industry Association | The Road Ahead Group | TripAdvisor | Veritec Solutions | Wise EmploymentInterel Consulting client list Sep-Nov15, APPC.org, accessed 24 February 2016
====June 2015-August 2015====
Abellio | Academy for Eating Disorders | Airtanker | Arco | Avincis | Babcock | Balppa | British Art Market Foundation | BTG Pactual | Canadian Standards Association | Carlyle Group | 
Challenger | Community | Expedia | Federation of Wholesale Distributors | HomeAway | IEEE | Intel Security | Iron Yard | ISACA | ISSA | LMM Associates | Lockheed Martin | Nissan | Oikos Storage | Paragon | Project Management Institute | Qatar Airways | QinetiQ | Red Bull | Refuge | Shaw Trust | Siemens Rail | Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers | St John Ambulance | Storage Networking Industry Association | The Road Ahead Group | TripAdvisor | Veritec Solutions Interel Consulting client list Jun-Aug15, APPC.org, accessed 24 February 2016
==Affiliations==
Interel is a member of the Hasgrove Group of companies Interel Facts and Figures Accessed 15th January 2008 alongside Amaze, Connectpoint Group, Odyssey, Pavilion and The ChaseHasgrove Group-Companies Accessed 15th January 2008. 
In January 2008, Interel list partnerships with the following 'partner networks' Interel Our Networks Accessed 15th January 2008...
* Public Relations Organisation International (PROI)
* Alliance of European Public Affairs Consultants (AEPAC)
* Global Financial Communications Network (GFC/Net)
* AMC Institute (Association Management Company Institute)
* Blank Rome LLP (Counselors at Law)
==References==
Category:Public relations firms
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