Drunk Teneo PR guru Declan Kelly steps down

Drunk Teneo PR guru Declan Kelly steps down after touching women inappropriately without their consent

Declan Kelly (pictured) has stepped down from top public relations firm Teneo

Declan Kelly has stepped down from top public relations firm Teneo after he touched women inappropriately without their consent.

The founder and chief executive’s drunken behaviour took place at an event on May 2 in Los Angeles, where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were also guests.

The situation is a serious embarrassment for Teneo which employs a number of high-profile politicians, including former Tory leader William Hague.

Kelly said he made ‘an inadvertent, public and embarrassing mistake for which I took full responsibility and apologised to those affected’.

 He has been removed from the board of Global Citizen, a campaign group that put on the concert. 

Kelly will be replaced at Teneo by fellow co-founder Paul Keary.