Corporate Structure: PR takes first steps in rising to new heights - When Simon Lewis returns to Centrica, it will be in a senior management role is encouraging for those who believe communications is being seen as a central business discipline

Look at the very top of the UK’s leading companies and you will find plenty of ex-finance directors and marketing chiefs. You will come across former operating division heads who have stepped up to group managing director or chief executive level. While at younger companies that have rapidly grown into major players, entrepreneurial founders may still hold the reins of power.