A former journalist and public relations counselor, Mr. Frank, the principal of Neil Frank & Company, had a made-to-order background for becoming an executive recruiter of PR professionals.

Before entering the recruiting field, he served as a public relations consultant in Los Angeles, specializing in writing annual reports and management speeches.

Previously, he worked for the giant public relations firms Burson-Marsteller and Hill and Knowlton in their New York headquarters offices, was the first director of communications for General Instrument Corporation, and headed the communications operation of Laventhol & Horwath, an international public accounting firm.

Early in his career, Mr. Frank was a newspaper reporter in Australia and the Middle East. He is a native Californian and a graduate of San Jose State University.

While a young PR executive, he was accredited by the Public Relations Society of America, and he is a former member of the Board of Governors of Forty Plus of Southern California.

He works from his home office in Redondo Beach, California.