AstraZeneca hires Younger as global corporate affairs lead
AstraZeneca has appointed FTI Consulting’s Jennie Younger as vice president global corporate affairs to lead the pharma giant’s international corporate affairs [...]
Yellow Jersey hires financial PR specialist Winkles
Independent financial PR agency Yellow Jersey has appointed Felicity Winkles, formerly of St Brides, as board director. Winkles has some ten years’ financial PR [...]
EdenCancan promotes Mischa Joslin
Lifestyle PR agency EdenCancan has promoted Mischa Joslin to associate director. Having joined the agency in February 2015 as a senior account director, Joslin will help shape [...]
New comms lead at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Sam Lister, the Department of Health’s comms director, is moving to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) as group director of comms. Lister has spent the [...]
The Telegraph’s former medical editor joins NICE
Rebecca Smith, former medical editor for the Daily Telegraph, has joined the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as head of media. Smith was medical [...]
Andrew Soar returns to Unity as engagement chief
Andrew Soar has returned to Unity to take on the newly created role of head of engagement, nearly two years after moving to Shine Communications, as associate creative [...]
DMA appoints group PR head
Diffusion’s Tim Bond has joined the Direct Marketing Association Group (DMA), a trade association for the marketing industry, as group head of PR. In the role, Bond will [...]
FT hires Sacha Bunatyan to help boost audience reach
The Financial Times has named Sacha Bunatyan as global B2C marketing director, with a brief to grow its subscriptions business and enhance audience development. With more than [...]
State Street’s Botbol joins Legal & General IM
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), the financial services company’s asset management arm, has hired State Street Corporation’s Nicolette Botbol as a [...]
Costa recruits corporate comms manager
Coffee chain Costa has appointed Thrive PR’s Esme Knight as corporate communications manager. Knight takes responsibility for corporate communications, policy [...]
Capital Access Group hires AIM’s Brickles
Investor relations specialist Capital Access Group (CAG) has brought in Simon Brickles, formerly head of AIM at the London Stock Exchange, to chair its newly-launched advisory [...]
Mondelēz’s Tony Bilsborough joins Beattie
Creative comms group Beattie has recruited the former PR chief from Mondelēz International and Cadbury, Tony Bilsborough, to head up its team in Birmingham. Bilsborough was [...]
Lansons promotes McKenzie to joint MD
Lansons has promoted Scott McKenzie, director and head of change and employee engagement, to joint MD. He will work alongside existing MDs Laura Hastings, Rebecca Mayo and [...]
BBC correspondent Neil Bradford joins Luton Airport
London Luton Airport (LLA) has appointed BBC correspondent Neil Bradford as stakeholder comms manager, as the airport embarks on a £110 million redevelopment. Bradford has [...]
Rupert Walker joins Brands2Life as social chief
Rupert Walker, former social lead for digital marketing firm Kitcatt Nohr/DNA, has joined Brands2Life as head of social, with a remit to help build the agency’s digital and [...]
Citigate hires CNC’s James Madsen
Citigate Dewe Rogerson has appointed CNC’s James Madsen as associate director in its corporate team. Reporting into corporate MD Jonathan Flint, he will provide support [...]
Testing co. Exova hires corporate affairs lead
Exova, which tests safety, quality and performance of products across sectors including aerospace, food and pharma, has appointed Compass Group’s Andrew Pickup to the [...]
New content lead for Ogilvy PR London
Ogilvy PR London has enhanced its social and content offer with the appointment of Edelman UK’s Chris Wall as head of content. After a three year stint as international editor [...]