Powerscourt hires European Commission media specialist
Powerscourt has brought in David D’Arcy, former international press and comms manager at the European Commission, as a senior consultant. D’Arcy has some ten [...]
Citigate appoints James Bishop to corporate team
Citigate Dewe Rogerson has hired Weber Shandwick’s James Bishop as a director in its corporate team. Bishop will work primarily with Citigate’s banking, insurance, [...]
Brace of promotions at Whitehouse
Issues-led comms specialist The Whitehouse Consultancy has strengthened its senior team with the promotion of senior consultants Katarzyna (Kasia) Wilk and Chris Rogers to [...]
Merlin hires Diageo’s Crampton as corporate affairs lead
Merlin Entertainments, which includes visitor attractions Alton Towers, LEGOLAND and Madame Tussauds, has hired Diageo’s James Crampton to the newly created position of [...]
Senior digital appointment at FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting has hired Hanover’s Viv Jemmett as senior director in its digital team, reporting into MD and head of digital Ant Moore. Jemmett joins FTI’s 12-strong [...]
Bell Pottinger appoints three partners
Bell Pottinger has made a number of senior appointments across its global network, including, in its London office, the promotion of Philip Pank (pictured) and Paul de [...]
Golin UK introduces unlimited staff holidays
Golin UK has launched a “Life Time” scheme for its employees, which features unlimited holidays, flexible working and enhanced paternity pay and maternity leave, which it [...]
Champollion hires Nadler as planning lead
Champollion, a public policy communications consultancy, has recruited Conservative political commentator Jo-Anne Nadler to head up its planning comms division. Nadler will [...]
VSC launches financial PR unit
Victoria Sheridan Consulting (VSC) has launched a financial PR division after handling the comms around wealth manager Harwood Wealth’s IPO announcement earlier this [...]
CNC makes brace of London promotions
International strategic communications firm CNC has promoted former Independent on Sunday deputy business editor Simon Evans to director and Callum Laidlaw to senior [...]
Cohn & Wolfe appoints UK consumer marketing lead
Global comms agency Cohn & Wolfe has named Diffusion’s Tom Malcolm as its new MD of consumer marketing for the UK. Malcolm has been briefed to enhance the growth of the [...]
Pitch launches sponsorship division
Sports PR agency Pitch has launched a specialist sponsorship division, Pitch Partnerships, and brought Havas Sport & Entertainment Cake’s Gavin Peters to head up the new [...]
Citigate Manchester hires SkyParlour’s Pears
Citigate Dewe Rogerson‘s Manchester office has brought in Matthew Pears, formerly of marketing and PR firm SkyParlour, as an associate director. Pears will work on a [...]
Cohn & Wolfe’s Price joins firstlight
Independent comms agency firstlight has expanded its team with six hires, including Anna Price who joins as associate director from Cohn & Wolfe‘s corporate team. [...]
H+K London Healthcare boosts Content+Publishing approach
Hill + Knowlton Strategies (H+K) Chicago’s Jessi Langsen has joined the agency’s London office to lead the Content + Publishing approach for its Healthcare sector business. [...]
LightBrigade MD Alan Twigg joins Way to Blue
LightBrigade MD Alan Twigg has joined global comms agency Way to Blue as head of consumer. Twigg left Fishburn Hedges’ consumer arm, Seventy Seven, as managing partner four [...]
Montfort hires TLG founder Gooderham
Montfort Communications, the financial and strategic PR agency, has appointed TLG founder and former FTI Consulting senior MD Malcolm Gooderham to lead its new corporate and [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 12 to 18 March 2016
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