Paul Welsh
Co-General Manager, Edelman Vancouver
Paul Welsh is co-General Manager at Edelman Vancouver and has more than 20 years of client service, public relations and consulting experience. During the past 17 years at Edelman, he led the transformation of Edelman’s Vancouver office from a research and public relations firm into an integrated, holistic marketing and communications company that is now part of the largest independent public relations company in the world.
He has been recognized by Business in Vancouver as one of the top “40 under 40” business leaders to watch in Vancouver. He is part of Edelman’s global Olympic network and led the company’s outreach and efforts on the ground in Vancouver in the run up to and during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. He also sits as a member of Edelman Canada’s senior executive committee.
His strategic communications, media relations and client service experience is extensive. He has led or is leading Edelman’s work for Canadian Pacific, Shell Canada, TransLink’s Faregate/Smart Card Project, GE, Petro-Canada, the Rick Hansen Foundation, the Hudson’s Bay Company, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Hydrogen Highway Project, Emaar Canada, the City of Vancouver, and Powerex.