Sentences with phrase «high profile figure»

As GC to Ireland's leading life and pensions» company and Irish Law Times» editor for 15 years, David Boyle is a respected and high profile figure in the national legal market.

If Allègre was not such a high profile figure in France, this nonsense would have been dismissed and ignored, instead, it is regular fodder for the late night talk shows.

The latest stand up comic to transition to acting, Schumer has also been a high profile figure in terms of the crusade for gun control.

Whilst having such a high profile figure highlighting these kinds of legitimate issues will no doubt be valuable to the left, Brand once again offers no alternative aside from a vague call to arms for revolutionaries.

Winterkorn, who led VW from 2007 to 2015, is the highest profile figure charged in the scandal that forced him to resign.

High profile figures, such as Cabinet ministers, had search volume results restricted so that only searches from the areas close to their constituency were counted.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, convictions for homosexual offences increased markedly, with several high profile figures being prosecuted, leading to increased public pressure for a re-assessment of the law.

With the independence debate likely to dominate the agenda for the next two years, and the «No» campaign being led by high profile figures such as Alistair Darling, this may prove difficult.

Prime Minister Tony Blair was among a host of high profile figures appearing as part of Radio Aid today.

Aside from Nick Clegg, several other high profile figures face seeing their seats abolished or made tricky to win.

The Conservatives have been firmly dragged into the MPs» expenses scandal today, with several high profile figures implicated by questionable claims.

Since before Christmas, Mr Corbyn has been expected to perform a «revenge reshuffle» - moving and culling high profile figures who have been critical of his positions.

To that end subpoenas were issued to high profile figures in NY politics — Speaker Silver, Dean Kelos, and Jeffery D. Klein among others.

In 2010, when Suffolk County executive Steve Levy, one of Long Island's highest profile figures, decided he wanted to run for governor, he called Flanagan.

Davies is the English Democrats» highest profile figure.

This week, the New York Times raised a series of new allegations about the interception of private voice mail messages of high profile figures by reporters at the newspaper.

Travelling from schools right across the UK, the teams of students aged 10 to 18 will come together in London to pitch in front of a panel of judges comprised of industry leaders and high profile figures, such as digital entrepreneur Baroness Martha Lane Fox, Tech City CEO Gerard Grech and TV presenter Davina McCall.

Terrorists worldwide have organized major kidnappings including high profile figures in the fields of science, industry and even more importantly entertainment (look out Chuck they're coming for ya!

Having spent many years living at the legendary Chelsea Hotel in New York, Remfry has drawn a number of high profile figures as well as friends, artists and their canine companions.

Tap into the media opportunities associated with fashion - one of the most media friendly of topics and with an enormous following worldwide - multiplied by the EFF's links with leading celebrities, high profile figures and supermodels.

Will it be a «legally - binding» treaty that is enforceable by international law, or will it — as many high profile figures have recently commented — be some kind of «political» agreement that critics say would be toothless.

High profile figures in the list include Farrer & Co private client chair Mark Bridges, private solicitor to The Queen, while Forsters has benefited from the hiring earlier this year of Gowling WLG's 14 - lawyer private client team, with Anthony Thompson, Nick Jacob and Catharine Bell from that team both named as elite advisers.

A somewhat mammoth 21 - strong BLAs judging panel was led by Chairman of the City of London Law Society Alasdair Douglas and included high profile figures including BAE Systems group general counsel (GC) Philip Bramwell and Heathrow Airport Holdings GC Carol Hui.

Its shares are trading about 14 % lower than they were before the Cambridge Analytica scandal began, and several high profile figures have advocated deleting Facebook accounts.

The Rakuten Financial Conference brought together high profile figures from the international payments industry, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and James Anderson, senior VP for mobile and emerging payments at MasterCard.

In terms of leadership, there are a number of high profile figures who support Bitcoin Cash, but there is no outright leader or CEO — despite what Rick Falkvinge may claim in jest.

The move follows a spate of accusations from high profile figures, who have accused the company of operating a Ponzi scheme.

The #deletefacebook campaign is in full swing, and even high profile figures like Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, which Facebook bought in 2014, have joined in.

Not exact matches

Such high - profile figures as Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox have put human faces on the struggles of transgender people.

Mayer's announcement adds to a growing trend of high - profile tech figures communicating personal news directly (on their companies» platforms, of course).

Previously, she was a senior writer at Fast Company magazine for over a decade, where she profiled high - profile figures across advertising, consumer products, design, retail, sustainability, tech, and innovation.

«Based on results of similar high profile soccer contests, such as El Classico, we envision seeing concurrent viewership levels in the low six figures.»

In winning the «achiever award» Mr Malone has joined the ranks of other high - profile WA IT&T industry figures, including last year's winner, Mal Bryce.

Van Susteren and Rivera, along with other high - profile figures at Fox News such as Bill O'Reilly and Neil Cavuto, publicly threw their support behind Ailes soon after Carlson filed her sexual harassment lawsuit in early - July.

High - profile deals involving notable figures including President Donald Trump have brought attention to these types of structures.

Some examples of high - profile pages that have the blue badge include Rihanna (public figure), Fox News (media outlet) and Coca - Cola (global brand).

Peter Thiel, one of the few high - profile conservative figures in Silicon Valley, is packing his bags to leave.

And the EpiPen controversy is drawing comments from some high - profile figures, including Hillary Clinton and Martin Shkreli himself, who tweeted that he thought the EpiPen's price should even be higher.

His roster of high - profile clients includes Harper's Bazaar, GQ, Purple, Vice, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté and Valentino; he routinely photographs celebrities and other public figures, including Barack Obama, and has a genius for garnering attention, as seen in Miley Cyrus's «Wrecking Ball» video, which he directed.

Awareness of Twitter's brand has also gotten a boost from frequent tweets by public figures like U.S. President Donald Trump, who is among the platform's most high - profile users.

And that likely would not have happened except that Fowler is a high - profile figure in the software development world.

But some high - profile figures in finance and economics have warned of a potential bubble.

Along the way she has built high - profile Advisory Boards, comprising senior medical figures, business leaders and functional experts, and she has raised both money and support for her ventures in creative and innovative ways.

But other high - profile figures on the party's right flank, such as Martyn Brown, former premier Gordon Campbell's chief of staff, are sitting on their hands this spring.

It was a development that saw advertisers threaten to pull media spend from the social network — Mozilla actually did so — and high - profile figures in the tech community adding fuel to the fire with barbed #DeleteFacebook comments.

Lauer is the latest in a growing list of high - profile media figures accused of sexual misconduct in the workplace.

Hillsong New York pastor Carl Lentz is quickly becoming one of the most influential pastors in America, and along with drawing thousands to the church's weekly services, regular visitors include everyone from ministers to pop - stars, athletes and high - profile cultural figures.

The complainant did not pursue the allegation again until 2012 after several high - profile cases of historical sexual abuse by church figures had broken in Australia and the US, as well as the Jimmy Savile scandal.

Sir Vince's comments drew endorsements from other high - profile Lib Dem figures, including the party's president and Christian, Baroness Sal Brinton.

As Southern Baptists prepare to install their first black president, observers disagree on how much clout Fred Luter will have in a denomination closely identified with high - profile figures such as the newly reprimanded Richard Land.