Former Burson-Marsteller public affairs MD joins APCO
Jim Moorhead, the former managing director of Burson-Marsteller’s US public affairs and crisis practice, joins the International Advisory Council (IAC) at international comms [...]
CNC hires consultant Katherine Fennell
Communications and Network Consulting (CNC) hires Katherine Fennell as a consultant. Fennell, who will report to managing partner Tom Buchanan, arrives at CNC from Edison, [...]
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Your bitesize update on the latest People News and Moves featured on Gorkana News: Senior ITN broadcast journalist Tim Singleton has been appointed director of comms for the [...]
OneFifty adds social influencer to its team
Social and digital engagement consultancy OneFifty has brought in UK lifestyle, travel and fitness blogger Natalie Glaze as a relationship manager. Glaze, who was nominated [...]
Victoria Dean to lead Portland’s Brexit unit
Portland has hired former Foreign Office employee Victoria Dean to head up its Brexit unit. Dean joined Portland as a partner this week after almost 20 years in the diplomatic [...]
JPES Partners makes new hires
Communications consultancy to the investment industry, JPES Partners, has hired Tahmina Mannan and Roya Abbasi to join its team as senior client manager and senior client [...]
ITV News deputy editor to head DfID comms team
Senior ITN broadcast journalist Tim Singleton has been appointed director of comms for the Department for International Development (DfID). He is currently deputy editor and [...]
Yellow Jersey PR makes three appointments
Financial, corporate and brand communications agency Yellow Jersey PR has hired account director Clare Glynn from FTI Consulting, and account executives Katie Bairsto and [...]
Beattie recruits 30 staff members in 30th year
In 2016, creative comms agency Beattie has recruited 30 members of staff across its network of eight offices; which include London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow and [...]
Porter Novelli makes multiple hires to health and wellness team
Porter Novelli London has appointed former AbbVie senior communications manager, Matthew Foster, as director of its health and wellness practice. Abigail Last, from Red Door, [...]
Lloyds Banking Group hires group corporate communications director
Fiona Laffan will join Lloyds Banking Group as group corporate communications director. Currently head of corporate communications, EMEA at Goldman Sachs, and prior to that a [...]
Archbishop of Canterbury appoints head of media
Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury, has appointed the Mail on Sunday’s religion and education correspondent, Jonathan Petre, to the newly-created position of head of [...]
Reputation Institute hires UK MD and commercial director
Research and advisory reputation firm, Reputation Institute, has hired former Liberty Global corporate communications VP Marcus Smith to head up its UK operation as MD, and [...]
Henkel UK appoints head of corporate communications
Henkel, the company behind well-known brands such as Pritt, Sellotape, Loctite, Right Guard and Schwarzkopf, has appointed Carole Scott as head of corporate communications for [...]
Colliers International appoints new UK PR manager
Commercial real estate company Colliers International has hired Hannah Zitren as UK PR manager. Zitren, who previously worked at Ash Communications, will focus on media [...]
Sauce Communications appoints Sarah Canet to international director role
Spoon PR founder Sarah Canet has joined lifestyle comms agency Sauce Communications to build its international division and brought four new clients onto its books. Canet, who [...]
FleishmanHillard Fishburn hires associate director
FleishmanHillard Fishburn (FHF) is strengthening its corporate communications practice with the appointment of Depali O’Connell (Dee) as associate director. O’Connell joins [...]
IPSO appoints two new board members
The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) has added a lay member, Claire Singers, and an industry member, Mike Soutar, to its board. Singers has 30 years of [...]