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I have received an unsolicited email from the subject of the article (James Henderson) highlighting some factual inaccuracies. For openness and reference purposes:

  • I was at College Hill for over 14 years; my previous boss told PR Week 12 years but I joined in December 1989 and left in August 2004
  • The Bell Pottinger buy out was £26.5m - everyone uses £20.5m but it does not include the buy out of the Pelham shareholding from Chime at the time - they took their number from a Chime RNS which did not need to include the ancillary transaction
  • I became CEO as a result of investing 25% of the equity
  • Am not aware of any shareholder action or litigation regarding the demise of Bell Pottinger. Heather Kerzner is not pursuing this and as has been quoted in the media I have put 49% of my new business in her name in the hope in time to come she will recoup her investment that way ....."

The changes appear mainly factual and uncontroversial. I will amend the article as necessary (there are, as Mr Henderson says, sources [I found PR Week and Companies House] for part of the final point regarding Kerzner, but his point concerning 'shareholder action' remains open - the Dunne article merely said shareholders were considering legal action). Paul W (talk) 09:06, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have again received an unsolicited email from the subject of the article, highlighting inaccuracies. As a result, I made four amendments, which, for openness and reference purposes, I note here:

  • Changed the tense regarding Henderson's engagement to Kerzner (minor change - Daily Mail reported the relationship over, but the DM is deprecated as an unreliable source; couldn't find alternatives).
  • Clarified that JH was not CEO at time of 2011 Wikipedia BellP activities (consistent with timing of 2012 MBO mentioned in preceding section)
  • Amended the detail about Kerzner's shareholding in J&H (sourced to Companies House filing)
  • Put Brooks membership into past tense (as current membership cannot be independently verified)

Paul W (talk) 16:04, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]