Specialties: Prism Consult Ltd provides merger and acquisition, as well as strategic consulting services, to publishing and business/consumer information companies. It covers a broad spectrum of publishing activities including web businesses, scientific/technical/professional publishing, professional and consumer book publishing, B2B and consumer magazines, directories and newsletters.Associated activities often include exhibitions, conferences, awards and other brand extensions or trading activities.ROBERT PALMER (MD)Robert is a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School.Before setting up Prism Consult in 1999 Robert had already owned and managed several successful businesses, publishing newspapers and magazines and advising publishing organisations on corporate strategy and product development. His client list included media giants Bertelsmann and Reed Elsevier. He has also run training courses for the Professional Publishers Association (PPA). Robert began his career at advertising agencies Young & Rubican and Lintas, before a move client-side with marketing roles at General Foods, Sterling Health and Book Club Associates (the Reed/Bertelsmann JV). DAVID WESTGARTH (Director)David has twenty years’ experience with magazines, exhibitions, conferences and online information services. He is a former business development director at Emap Communications, where he was responsible for M&A and portfolio management. He was also a member of the investment committee and the Executive Board, working closely with the CEO and CFO. During his time at Emap, and in the face of digital developments, the company effected a strategic profit re-balancing (by acquisition and product development), from advertising to subscriptions and face-to-face fees. David has over 15 years’ experience of price and contract negotiation. He is a Cambridge graduate, and attended the London Business School under the aegis of Emap.