Farrer Kane hires B2B specialist Jocelyn Grant
Farrer Kane has appointed Jocelyn Grant as senior account manager. The agency will rely on her B2B comms and journalism expertise after a summer expansion of its client [...]
Tangerine expands leadership team
Tangerine has bolstered its senior team by promoting senior consultants Lisa Hale and Laura Weightman to associate director and head of social comms, respectively. The [...]
Portland hires senior SNP aide Paul Robertson
Portland has appointed Paul Robertson as an account director to strengthen its Scottish public affairs expertise. Previously, Robertson was the Scottish National Party’s head [...]
Madano appoints Darran Messem as transport head
Madano, the strategic communications consultancy, has appointed Darran Messem as director and head of its new transport practice. He will advise transport clients on the [...]
Hydra appoints private equity specialist Sam Barton
Senior-only consultancy Hydra Strategy has appointed Sam Barton as a partner. Barton will bring his wealth of private equity experience in advising major private investment [...]
Grayling targets consumer brands growth with major new hire
Grayling has hired British PR industry veteran Jonathan Sanchez as its creative and strategic director for continental Europe. Sanchez will be based in Germany, where Grayling [...]
60 Seconds with Speed Communications’ Kelly Pepworth
Kelly Pepworth, managing director at Speed Communications, talks about her PRCA award nomination, life outside the “London bubble” and her proudest achievement to date. [...]
Powerscourt appoints two new partners
Powerscourt has promoted Justin Griffiths and Peter Ogden as partners, to help the consultancy execute its ambitious growth strategy. Griffiths joined Powerscourt from [...]
MHP Communications appoints Mike Robb as financial services head
MHP Communications has appointed Mike Robb as managing director into the newly created role of head of financial services, reporting to CEO Alex Bigg. Robb joins the [...]
Hume Brophy adds Eurosceptic ex-MP to its Brexit team
Comms consultancy Hume Brophy has appointed James Wharton, a former northern powerhouse and international development minister, as a senior adviser in its Brexit unit. Wharton [...]
Social Communications appoints ex-BBC newsreader as account director
Manchester-based agency Social Communications has appointed Ray Sadri, a former BBC newsreader, as account director to work out of its London office. With 11 years of [...]
William Murray Communications makes two board appointments
Specialist food, drink and hospitality agency William Murray Communications has appointed John Moss and Chris Dines as chairman and financial director respectively. Moss joins [...]
Tavistock welcomes Mark Foxwell as corporate director
Tavistock Communications has appointed Mark Foxwell, a former Cubitt Consulting director, as director of its corporate team. Foxwell spent two years at Cubitt and has also [...]
Big Brand Ideas appoints two senior directors
Big Brand Ideas has appointed Abi Owers as head of engagement, and Anna Thomas to lead its PR client strategy and delivery. Owers joins the agency from McCann Manchester, [...]
Telegraph veteran to head corporate comms at Credit Suisse in Europe
James Quinn, group business editor at Telegraph Media Group, is leaving the organisation after 11 years to become Credit Suisse’s head of corporate comms for EMEA. Based in [...]
Newgate Communications appoints Kleiner as partner and strategic director
Newgate Communications has appointed Neil Kleiner as partner and head of its UK digital and social media offering. Based in London, Kleiner will provide clients with strategic [...]
Advertising Association appoints Bourn as director of communications
Advertising industry body the Advertising Association has appointed Matt Bourn, the former Braben MD, as its new director of communications. He will lead a newly extended team [...]
Tori Cowley joins Mitie as corporate affairs and IR director
Mitie has appointed Tori Cowley to its executive leadership team as group director of corporate affairs and investor relations, reporting to CEO Phil Bentley. Cowley joins [...]