Stuart Wilson
CEO, MS&L London
As CEO of MS&L London, Wilson is responsible for the agency’s overall performance as it relates to clients, people and programmes.
Prior to joining MS&L, Wilson led the corporate division at Hill and Knowlton which he grew to become one of the largest corporate teams in the UK working across the oil and gas, professional services, technology, financial services, retail and entertainment and public sectors. As part of his role, he created a London-based emerging markets desk focused on servicing international clients from some of the fastest growing countries in the world.
Professionally, Wilson focuses on developing national and international programmes for clients looking to develop their corporate reputation as well as market in key B2B sectors. He has run or supervised numerous multinational account teams including a 20-country programme for HSBC, as well as campaigns for American Express, HP, SABIC, Deloitte Consulting, PWC and Dubai Holdings.
Wilson started his public relations career in Toronto, where he created Cohn & Wolfe’s corporate practice. He worked in New York as global account director for C&W’s Deloitte Consulting account prior to moving to London as C&W’s International Client Service Director where he helped build its European network, adding offices in Paris, Madrid and Geneva. Following this role, he was appointed General Manager of C&W Chicago.
Wilson also has significant experience in public affairs, having worked for nearly seven years for the Attorney General and Solicitor General as legislative assistant in Canada and Glaxo in its public affairs department.
He has an Honours degree in Political Science from Carleton University, Canada and a master’s degree in International Political Economy from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.