Chris Hulme

Name: Chris Hulme

Position: PR Director

Contact: hulme@paversmith.co.uk

As the head of the PR team in Liverpool, Chris has a brief to guarantee the quality of the agency's output and service delivery.

Chris has over 21 years' media experience which he developed in London and the North West. He moved into public relations in 2005, having spent the majority of his career in print journalism. He has held senior positions in the business, consumer and style press and has written for The Times, the FT and was a contributing editor at GQ Magazine.

Chris also has a non-fiction book in print, Manslaughter United.

At Paver Smith Chris has a particular focus on property and professional services clients and directly manages the agency's relationship with DLA Piper, Grant Thornton, Muse Developments and Downing.

In 2008 Chris won two industry awards. He was the recipient of North West Business Insider Magazine's PR & Marketing Award, and also received the Marketer of the Year Award from the business club and lobby group, Downtown Liverpool in Business.

He sits on the board of FACT, the cinema and digital arts centre, and is a member of the management board at Paver Smith.

Interests: Chris enjoys reading, cinema and playing guitar in the indie party band, The Dags. He has two children and lives in Chester.