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Before setting up Global Counsel, Benjamin Wegg-Prosser was an adviser to Peter Mandelson
Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, the chief executive of the lobbying firm co-founded with Peter Mandelson, has announced his resignation after information in the Jeffrey Epstein files detailed apparent links between the company and the convicted sex offender.
Global Counsel, which the two men set up after Labour lost the 2010 general election, has advised clients including Shell and TikTok.
As first reported in the Financial Times, Wegg-Prosser announced his resignation on Friday, having concluded his long standing association with Lord Mandelson - and references to them both in the Epstein files - was doing the business harm and so he should go.
He has insisted he has not done anything wrong.
Wegg-Prosser's profile page on the company's website has already been taken down.
Lord Mandelson resigned from the board of Global Counsel in 2024, shortly before the general election.
