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Kevin Craig
Founder of PLMR, one of Britain’s most successful communications agencies. Entrepreneur, philanthropist and a lifetime of public service.
KEVIN IN THE MEDIA
About Kevin Craig
From a South London council estate to building one of the UK's leading comms agencies
Raised by Irish immigrant parents on a South London council estate, Kevin went on to found PLMR — now one of the UK’s Top 40 and World’s Top 250 communications firms, employing over 100 people across the country.
An angel investor, non-executive director and strategic adviser, Kevin has worked across business, politics and philanthropy for over three decades. He was included in the 2026 PR Week Power Book and holds the Freedom of the City of London for services to enterprise and charity.
Business & Investment
In addition to his ongoing role at PLMR, he is also an investor and shareholder in innovative start-ups, as well as being (2017 to 2021) a Non Executive Director for AIM-listed tech business, Eleco PLC and Director at ATR Investments. He was a proud early stage Angel Investor in The Big Deal, owning 2.5% of the company that subsequently saw the biggest cash for equity investment in the history of BBC’s Dragon’s Den before being sold for over £12 million. From 2015 until 2021 he was a Non Executive Director of the £40 million turnover Company Shop Group and then Community Shop, its social enterprise that uses surplus food to improve lives and tackle food waste.
Philanthropy
At the heart of all of Kevin’s work is a strong sense of philanthropy and giving. Since PLMR was founded in 2006, Kevin committed it to giving 5% of annual profits each year to charity. He is a former trustee of Elizabeth’s Legacy of Hope (ELOH), a charity supporting child amputees across the world and to which Kevin has contributed over £50,000 of support since its inception. In 2012, Kevin was nominated to carry the Olympic Torch through London, in recognition of his work with ELOH. Kevin has also raised thousands of pounds for Trinity Hospice, the hospice that cared for his mother before her passing in 2012. Kevin is also a Trustee of the Bright Future Trust, the Charitable Trust of Dr Chai Patel CBE and his family, helping children in the UK and around the world. Kevin is a supporter and major donor to the Ipswich Family Bank.
The Labour Party
Alongside his business success, Kevin has given a lifetime of service and activism to the Labour Party. He has served at every level as a volunteer officer at CLP level, volunteered in the media team at Millbank Tower in the 2001 General Election, stood for Parliament in South Suffolk in 2005 and Central Suffolk and North Ipswich in 2024 and served 17 years as an elected Councillor in Lambeth Council, London, including three years as Chair of the Planning Committee overseeing major infrastructure developments in the Borough as part of a strong Labour team.
Kevin has always believed in successful entrepreneurs with beliefs making significant political donations, and has done so himself by financially supporting the Labour Party, the campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union and for Scotland to remain as part of the United Kingdom. He has stood for public office for the Labour Party on eight occasions, being successfully elected five times.
KEVIN ON IPSWICH FAMILY BANK
I’ve been lucky to have a successful business career. After Councillor Lucy Trenchard brought me to visit Michelle Symonds and the amazing team of volunteers, not only was I deeply moved by what they did, I knew I wanted to find ways to support them. A donation now feels like the right way to help sustain the vital, life-changing work of the Ipswich Family Bank.
Kevin in the media
Charitable work
Philanthropy and Public Service
Since founding PLMR, Kevin committed the business to donating 5% of annual profits to charity — overseeing more than £300,000 in charitable donations.
Olympic Torchbearer 2012
Freedom of the City of London
17 Years as a Local Councillor
10 Years as a School Governor
Kevin also provides presentations to young people on politics and business at Marsha de Cordova MP’s Summer School.
COVID-19 Volunteer Vaccinator
Supporter of Ipswich Family Bank
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London · Suffolk · United Kingdom
