WPP goes legal on ex Hill & Knowlton staffers Hutton and MacIntosh

Tim Burrowes

April 15, 2011 9:59

Edelman boss Michelle Hutton

WPP is back in court for another battle with former staff after launching a case against former Hill & Knowlton executives Michelle Hutton and Anna MacIntosh, reports today’s Sydney Morning Herald.

Hutton departed the WPP-owned PR agency in March last year to run rival agency Edelman.

MacIntosh followed Hutton across, moving from director of consumer practice at Hill & Knowlton to director of consumer marketing at Edelman.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.