HILL & KNOWLTON Paul Taaffe Current Position Other Information His current clients are primarily international Paul received his business degree in Australia companies engaged in communications across and began his career in communications as a borders. graduate at Unilever. Before moving to the UK he headed up Unilever's corporate relations, Paul was previously President of Hill and managing issues management, employee and Knowlton in Europe, Middle East and Africa, corporate marketing programmes. and prior to that, Chief Executive of Hill and Knowlton UK. Prior History Before joining Hill and Knowlton, Mr. Taaffe was Managing Director of Snandwick Consultants where he was responsible for financial public relations, corporate and business-to-business communications programs on both national and international clients. Some of his major clients included Bass pic, 3i, Goldman Sachs and Touche Ross Hill and Knowlton, Inc. 466 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Tel. 212-885-0459 Fax 212-885-0533 Before joining Shandwick Consultants, he ran a group in a strategic communications consultancy where he developed communication programs for organizations such as Digital Equipment, General Electric, Unisys, Crosfield Electronics and Kodak. EFTA00582639