In a surprise announcement, Chairman of Star PR, Alan McDonald, has announced that founding Director Cedric Allan has resigned.  Mr McDonald  says the company is in excellent heart and has achieved record revenues and significant new business wins in the past quarter.  He also says there are no immediate plans to replace Cedric, who we understand will be continuing to operate under his own mantle.   The news comes as a shock to industry observers, given that Star PR was only launched four years ago.  Mind you, it's not the first incarnation for Cedric, who previously founded Allan Baxter Fenwick, turned it into Allan Fenwick McCully, sold to Hill and Knowlton, started Phoenix, sold to PPR, started Allan Boyle and sold to Porter Novelli before founding Star PR initially with Malcolm Boyle. joined later by Alan McDonald and Jill Dryden.

And hard on the heels of Sue Foley's appointment as Corporate Affairs head at Westpac, former Media Relations Manager at Telstra, Chris Mirams, is to join Sue's team as Media Relations manager at the bank.