Tesco appoints group comms director
Tesco has appointed Coca Cola’s Jane Lawrie to its executive committee as group comms director. She will join the retailer on 10 October 2016. Lawrie has more than 25 years’ [...]
Virgo Health makes digital and design hires
Virgo Health, the Golin partner and healthcare communications firm, has appointed Nicole Burns as social strategist and Paul Andrews as head of design. Both Burns and Andrews [...]
Splendid promotes Niki Hunter-Ekins to MD
Niki Hunter-Ekins, previously operations director at Splendid Communications, has been promoted to MD and head of client partnerships, 11 years after joining the company. [...]
Richard Dutton named CMO at Engine
Engine, which includes PR firms MHP and Mischief amongst its roster, has brought in Leo Burnett’s Richard Dutton as its new chief marketing officer. Dutton will move into the [...]
British American Tobacco appoints Lucinda Kemeny to new comms role
British American Tobacco (BAT) has hired Lucinda Kemeny as head of communications, a newly-created role in its Next Generation Products division. Kemeny joins BAT from FTI [...]
M&C Saatchi PR’s Rik Salmon joins John Doe Communications
John Doe Communications has brought in M&C Saatchi PR’s Rik Salmon as an associate director, with a brief to lead some of the agency’s biggest consumer and lifestyle [...]
ACCA appoints McAdoo as director of brand and corporate reputation
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has appointed Harry McAdoo as director of brand and corporate reputation. McAdoo joins from ICAEW where he was [...]
McDonald Butler’s Gareth Clark joins Harvard
Chime-owned tech PR specialist Harvard has brought in Gareth Clark from B2B tech sales and marketing agency McDonald Butler to take on the role of client services director. A [...]
LEWIS digital leader promoted to US EVP role
As Morgan McLintic steps down, Stephen Corsi will lead LEWIS’ US operations as executive vice president. Corsi takes over from current EVP, McLintic – who is leaving the [...]
KL Communications hires Ellis Ford as account manager
Financial PR consultancy, KL Communications (Kaso Legg Communications), has hired Ellis Ford as account manager. Ford joins KL from MRM Communications, having worked with [...]
Motor Sport editor to depart for automotive PR role
Motor Sport editor Damien Smith is departing the magazine to take up an associate director role at automotive PR specialist Influence Associates in mid-September. A journalist [...]
Lancashire Telegraph deputy editor joins Viva
Manchester PR agency, Viva, has hired Alan Simpson, the former deputy editor of the Lancashire Telegraph. Simpson, who has taken up the role of business development executive [...]
Louise Mason joins Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Citigate Dewe Rogerson has appointed Louise Mason as a director in its financial team, where she will be responsible for growing the existing client base and expanding upon [...]
Instinctif hires strategic creative director
Instinctif Partners has hired Ian Allison to head up the International Engagement design team as strategic creative director. Allison, who joins from Bell Integrated [...]
TalkTalk boosts external comms team
TalkTalk has enhanced its external comms team with the appointments of Sky’s Coralie Frost as media relations manager, Nickelodeon UK’s Maxine Sackey as consumer PR manager [...]
Onyx Health announces three new hires
Healthcare marketing comms agency Onyx Health has boosted its team in the North East through the appointment of three new hires. Trevor Pill, formerly marketing and design [...]
Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith joins Clarion’s advisory board
Clarion has added to its advisory board, with the appointments of wine expert, TV personality and Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith, Condiment Junkie co-founder Scott King, [...]
Quintin Keanie returns to MSLGROUP
MSLGROUP has strengthened its UK corporate team through the hiring of Quintin Keanie as associate director. Keanie rejoins Publicis Groupe’s strategic communications agency [...]