At Hill & Knowlton, Boyd Neil uses his over twenty years of experience in the public and private sectors as a communication strategist to provide senior level counsel to a variety of clients. He is especially skilled in reputation management around complex and sensitive public issues. As national practice director, corporate communications, Boyd is responsible for guiding Hill & Knowlton's team of experienced corporate communication consultants.

In addition to a career as a magazine journalist, Boyd has held senior communication positions in government, the plastics industry trade association and consulting firms with practices in crisis management, private sector change management communication, as well as social services, environmental, and trade association communication and issues management.

Boyd has created and guided corporate communication strategies for companies in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, financial and professional services and manufacturing industries. He has provided communications counsel to provincial ministries on waste management, urban growth, provincial-municipal relations and the launch of new programs. He has managed stakeholder relations on environmental issues including landfills and hazardous waste management, and has worked with twelve public hospitals on sensitive government relations, issue control and community relations programs.

The range of services he has provided to clients include reputation and corporate brand management programs, internal communications, consultation strategies, the development of issues and crisis management strategies, issues and crisis counseling, advice on stakeholder relationship building, media relations and writing.

Boyd holds Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees from the University of Toronto. As an associate of Royal Roads University (RRU) in Victoria, he is currently teaching in RRU's M.B.A. program in public relations.