Sentences with phrase «international lobbying company»

Katie Myler, a former special adviser to Burnham when he was health secretary, now works for international lobbying company, Burson - Marsteller.

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Technology companies, such as Microsoft and Cisco Systems have ramped up lobbying ahead of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, looking to avoid any future restrictions on cloud storage and to promote an international pact to eliminate technology goods tariffs.

The Washington - based Organisation for International Investment (OFII), which represents the North American operations of HSBC and other global companies with US operations, is resisting the CFIUS legislation by lobbying lawmakers, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Nestlé has formed the Infant & Pediatric Nutrition Association of the Philippines with formula companies Abbott Laboratories, Fonterra Brands, Mead Johnson Nutrition and Wyeth to lobby against the existing marketing requirements — yet Nestlé and other companies cite anti-trust regulations when called on to mutually agree to stop violations of the international minimum standards adopted by the World Health Assembly.

The American - owned lobbying firm Teneo Strategy recently hired Oliver, former Number 10 communications director, as a senior managing director to provide «strategic advice» to international companies on a range of issues including Brexit.

A press release from USA * Engage suggests that Exxon's Robert W. Haines, the manager of international relations for the company, was chairman of the lobbying organization in 2003.

Workshops will help startups woo venture capital funds; international jamborees could help draw in companies from Europe, China, and the United States; and political lobbying may help smooth the path for partnerships to flourish.

In the mid to late 1990 she also worked with the Global Climate Coalition, a special interest group of coal, oil and utility companies, set up to lobby against international action on climate change.

UKIP MEP Stuart Agnew was there, as were Christopher Monckton, a prominent climate change denier, and Canadian Tom Harris, executive director of the «International Climate Science Coalition» — and former operations director of the «High Park Group», a Canadian lobbying company.