Speed hires Cat Jennings to lead its food and hospitality division
Speed Communications has appointed Cat Jennings as director of its food and hospitality division, following its acquisition of foodservice specialist agency The Splash [...]
Guestbooker.com appoints Carla Lockwood as UK MD
US television and radio booking company Guestbooker.com has made ITV’s Carla Lockwood the managing director of its new UK office. Lockwood previously served as the New York [...]
Good Relations appoints ex-Shine MD Lawrence Collis as executive consumer director
Good Relations has appointed Lawrence Collis as executive consumer director to head up its consumer practice alongside David Wiles. Collis’ role will encompass team and [...]
Sam Otter joins Celebrity Cruises to lead marketing and PR
Celebrity Cruises has brought in Cheapflights’ former global marketing lead, Sam Otter, as director of marketing and PR for the UK and Ireland. Otter has been global marketing [...]
Darren Hewitt-McLaren joins Aisle 8
Aisle 8 has brought in Beauty SEEN’s Darren Hewitt-McLaren as senior beauty PR manager. Hewitt-McLaren will oversee the Aisle 8’s beauty division, with brands including blow [...]
Mark Walsh joins Ketchum
Ketchum has appointed Citizen Relations’ Mark Walsh to the newly-created role of consumer director in its London office. Walsh will provide strategic counsel to [...]
Edelman hires Kate Hawker as healthcare MD
Edelman UK has appointed Burson-Marsteller’s former healthcare chair, Kate Hawker, as MD of its UK healthcare team. Hawker brings 25 years’ experience working with [...]
Madano hires Michael Zdanowski as head of energy
Strategic comms consultancy Madano has brought in Edelman’s Michael Zdanowski as a director and head of energy. Zdanowski was UK energy lead at Edelman, where he played a [...]
M&C Saatchi PR hires consumer and corporate directors
M&C Saatchi PR has strengthened its senior team with the appointments of Danielle Heximer and Sherawaye Hagger as consumer directors and James Page as corporate associate [...]
Weber Shandwick’s Colin Byrne to step down
Colin Byrne, Weber Shandwick’s UK and EMEA CEO, is to step down from his role in early 2018 after nearly 23 years at the global agency. The firm has not yet named a [...]
Dogs Trust appoints new comms director
St John Ambulance’s Emma Sheppard has joined animal welfare charity Dogs Trust as comms director. Sheppard will head up an 18-strong team that will showcase the charity’s [...]
M&C Saatchi S&E opens LA office and hires Golin’s Corey Langworthy
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment has today opened a new Los Angeles office, and brought in Golin’s Corey Langworthy to lead the new offer as MD. M&C Saatchi Sport [...]
Revolut hires first global comms lead
Revolut, an app-based banking alternative, has brought in Rocket Internet’s Chad West as its global head of comms. Launched 18 months ago, Revolut allows users to set up a [...]
Daily Record’s Iain Pope joins Stripe Communications
Iain Pope, the Daily Record’s former head of digital news, has joined Stripe Communications in the newly-created role of editorial director. Pope has more than 20 years’ [...]
Simon Mowbray re-joins Richmond Towers
Former newspaper and trade journalist Simon Mowbray has re-joined Richmond Towers Communications as food and drink director. Mowbray returns to the Soho-based agency after [...]
Promotions at JFL Search & Selection
Comms recruitment consultancy JFL Search & Selection has promoted Poppy Green and Millie Santry to senior consultant and consultant respectively. Green first joined JFL in [...]
Quill PR appoints Peakon’s Nick Croysdill
Specialist financial services consultancy Quill PR has appointed Nick Croysdill as an account director. At Quill, Croysdill will work across a range of clients within the [...]
Fintech startup Curve names Callum McCaig as its first PR hire
London fintech startup Curve has made its first PR and comms hire with the appointment of Burson-Marsteller’s Callum McCaig, as the business prepares to scale out of [...]