Shani Shaker joins Golin to enhance consumer health business
Golin has appointed Shani Shaker as a director in its healthcare team, with a brief to lead and grow its consumer health portfolio. Shaker started her career at agencies [...]
Toby Orr leaves Portland for DIT top comms role
Portland senior partner Toby Orr is leaving the consultancy for a government role as Department for International Trade (DIT) director of communications. Orr said: “It is an [...]
John Lewis Partnership appoints group head of corporate affairs
The John Lewis Partnership has appointed Clayton Hirst as its group head of corporate affairs. Hirst will take up the position on April 24 2017, joining from Virgin Media [...]
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment names digital lead
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment has appointed Disney’s Maker Studios’ Ellie Reed to its board as head of digital. At Disney’s Maker Studios, Reed headed up the [...]
Four Communications acquires Insight Consulting Group
Independent integrated agency Four Communications Group (Four) has acquired public affairs and corporate communications specialist Insight Consulting Group (ICG). ICG, which [...]
Harvard makes changes to leadership team
Chime-owned tech specialist agency Harvard has announced changes to its leadership team, including the promotion of Louie St Claire to group managing director of [...]
Ian Priest named non-exec chair of Pitch Marketing Group
Pitch Marketing Group has today appointed Ian Priest, co-founder of ad agency VCCP, as non-executive chairman. Priest is currently chief executive of global marketing [...]
Sundeep Sehijpal chosen to lead Star PR
Sundeep Sehijpal, a PR consultant and former reporter at the Worcester News, has been brought in to lead Star Public Relations, the West Midlands agency launched by the [...]
Scottish FA comms chief to join Frame
Frame, the Glasgow-based creative marketing and communications agency, has appointed Darryl Broadfoot, Scottish FA’s head of communications and corporate affairs, as a partner [...]
Swinton Insurance appoints head of PR
British insurance retailer Swinton Insurance has hired Gill Galassi for its newly-created head of public relations role. Galassi is the former head of global comms for PZ [...]
This Girl Can creator joins The Playbook
Tanya Joseph, the architect of Sport England’s award-winning This Girl Can campaign, has joined The Playbook’s new Change Network – a group of specialist advisors with [...]
Hanover Health makes Anna Korving chair
Anna Korving has joined Hanover to chair its health practice working closely with Andrew Harrison, managing director of health. Korving co-founded and built healthcare agency [...]
Pagefield MD Oliver Foster promoted to chief executive
Oliver Foster has been promoted to a newly-created chief executive role at Pagefield. Previously a managing partner, Foster joined the company when it was formed in 2010. The [...]
Newgate appoints strategic adviser David Telling
Newgate Communications has made senior corporate and geopolitical adviser David Telling partner, with a mandate to expand upon the firm’s geopolitical and blue-chip corporate [...]
HSE Cake names creative director
HSE Cake, Havas Media Group’s UK sport and entertainment agency, has promoted Lizzy Pollott to creative director. Pollott has been with HSE Cake since 2006 and leads creative [...]
AXON makes trio of hires
Healthcare PR specialist AXON Communications has hired Sola Neunie, Simonetta Ballali and Andy Scott. Neunie takes on an associate editorial director role, Ballali joins as a [...]
Montfort hires Financial News journalist
Mike Foster will join Montfort as a senior consultant on February 13, after 21 years at London paper and news site Financial News. Foster was a founder shareholder, asset [...]
3 Monkeys Zeno appoints tech and healthcare leads
3 Monkeys Zeno has bolstered its healthcare and tech practices, appointing FleishmanHillard Fishburn’s David Berkovitch as head of healthcare and naming Zeno Group’s European [...]