Benjamin Wegg-Prosser

Benjamin Wegg-Prosser is managing partner of Global Counsel, a London-based strategic consultancy which has as its chair Peter Mandelson. Wegg-Prosser was Tony Blair's Director of Strategic Communications at 10 Downing Street.

Career

Wegg-Prosser worked for Peter Mandelson before leaving in December 1998 and working briefly for media group Pearson PLC, before joining The Guardian in 2000.

At The Guardian he held positions as publisher of The Guardian’s politics website, general manager of the education website, and finally publisher of Society Guardian. As publisher of the latter he launched a series of brand extensions including conferences, books, magazines and new sections in the newspaper.[1]

From 2005 to 2007 Wegg-Prosser was Tony Blair's Director of Strategic Communications at 10 Downing Street,[2] where he oversaw a series of innovations including the launch of Downing Street’s e-petitions service.[3] He also implemented the first YouTube channel for any head of government, which Blair launched in April 2007.[4]

In 2007 he joined SUP Media, a Moscow-based digital media company, where he was Director of Corporate Development. SUP Media is a Moscow-based online media company which owns LiveJournal.com, Championat.ru, Gazeta.ru, +SOl and Victory SA.

As of 2013, Wegg-Prosser is managing partner of Global Counsel, a London-based strategic consultancy which has as its chair Peter Mandelson.[5]

In April 2013 Wegg-Prosser became a director of the Labour Party supporting blog LabourList.[6][7][8]

In September 2013 Wegg-Prosser released internal 10 Downing Street emails about the internal fight in September 2006 to prevent Tony Blair being replaced as Prime Minister by Gordon Brown, which eventually happened in June 2007.[9][10]

Early and personal life

Wegg-Prosser was born in 1974. He is married to a Russian, Julia.

Benjamin's father, solicitor Stephen Wegg-Prosser, acted for Peter Mandelson in the purchase of a home which was investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in 1999.[11] His mother Victoria née Bird has been a BBC producer.

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Clive; Harding, Luke; Conlan, Tara (2007-05-28). "Dispatches". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  2. ↑ "Ex-Mandelson aide in No 10 post". BBC. 2005-07-28. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  3. ↑ Walters, Simon (2007-02-17). "No 10 adviser behind road toll poll says: 'I'm proud'". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  4. ↑ "Blair launches YouTube 'channel'". BBC. 2007-04-07. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  5. ↑ Jim Pickard (31 May 2013). "Mandelson looks east for Russian directorship". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Hugh Muir (24 July 2013). "Diary: Hard times. But are they all in it together at the BBC?". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  7. ↑ John Prescott (26 July 2013). "There's less than 10 hours left". LabourList. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "LABOURLIST LIMITED". Companies House. Company No. 06996133. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Patrick Wintour (20 September 2013). "Blair's bunker: leaked emails reveal real story of rows, abuse and threats". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Patrick Wintour (19 September 2013). "How Tony Blair's team fought and failed to see-off Gordon Brown's coup". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "News UK news Mandelson broke rules over loans, says watchdog". Guardian. Retrieved 6 Sep 2014.

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