Profile: Paul Taaffe, Hill and Knowlton - Aiming to take H&K to the top/Paul Taaffe harbours ambitions of taking over the communications world

It is hard to believe that a mere 13 years ago Paul Taaffe was just another hard-up backpacker making his way across Europe with nothing more than an oversized rucksack and enormous aspirations. The man sitting before me, with perfectly manicured hands, is the epitome of sophistication.