Montfort Communications has appointed former Bell Pottinger partner Olly Scott as senior consultant. At Bell Pottinger, Scott advised clients on a range of capital markets, corporate, crisis and issues management communications. Nick Miles, founder at Montfort, said: “Montfort is growing fast and Olly will add to our very strong offering in insurance, banking, broking and […]
Beattie has appointed its veteran London bureau chief Jacquie Boyd-Coleman as managing director of its offices in London, Essex and Cornwall. Headquartered in London, Beattie has nine offices in the UK including Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. Boyd-Coleman, who joined Beattie’s Glasgow office 15 years ago, has a team of 40 PR, digital and creative […]
Channel incentive platform 360 Insights has appointed Champion Communications with a brief to support and accelerate its growth in the UK market. Champion has been hired to build awareness and lead generation as part of its remit. The brief reflects Champion Communications’ focus on developing strategies which integrate earned media with lead generation capabilities of […]
Milk & Honey PR has been appointed by Ignite ETRM to raise awareness of its technology in the energy and commodity trading marketplace. Ignite ETRM is a leading provider of natural gas, crude oil and energy trading and risk management software solutions. Milk & Honey PR will be responsible for helping Ignite to reach its […]
Global CEO advisory firm Teneo has acquired Ryan Communication, a leading strategic communications firm with operations in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. Ryan Communication’s senior management team, including founder and managing director Damien Ryan and executive director Lauren Chung, will continue in their leadership roles in the business. The agency will report to Charles Watson, […]
Finn has been appointed by The Pool, the Webby award-winning media brand for ‘smart, busy women’, to run a comms campaign. Finn will deliver a communications campaign building on The Pool’s commercial profile with advertisers and agency partners, following the media brand’s second anniversary as ‘a champion of women’s voices in the mobile age’. The campaign […]
Consilium Strategic Communications has strengthened its senior international healthcare team with the appointment of Philippa Gardner and Suki Virji. Gardner has more than 13 years’ experience as a healthcare sell-side analyst covering European biotechnology, life sciences and mid-cap pharma companies following a career including at Lehman Brothers, Jefferies and Edison. Virji joins Consilium from Scrip – […]
Santander has promoted Jennifer Scardino, previously senior vice president of Banco Santander and Michael Strachan, formerly communications director of group international communications. Scardino’s role will be expanded as she also becomes deputy head of communications, corporate marketing and research division and head of global communications. She will report to executive chairman Ana Botin. Also, Strachan […]
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PHA Media has been appointed to run a profile-raising campaign for Maecenas, which is using blockchain technology to launch an online trading platform in fine art. The new online marketplace will match owners – who list up to 49% of the value of a work of art on the site – with investors, who will be […]