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Corporate Affairs

SAP hires Clarke, integrates marketing and comms

Brittaney Kiefer May 07, 2013

WALLDORF, GERMANY: SAP has hired Victoria Clarke as head of corporate affairs as the software giant integrates its global communications and marketing departments.

Political campaign veteran joins MWW

Brittaney Kiefer February 21, 2013

NEW YORK: MWW has hired Gina Ormand as VP of corporate affairs.

Apple strengthens corporate comms with Rosenstock

Alec Mattinson, PRWeek UK February 20, 2013

Apple is bolstering its European corporate communications firepower with the hire of a senior figure from international aerospace firm Rolls-Royce.

Former Labour minister to oversee BBC comms

John Owens, PRWeek UK February 14, 2013

The incoming director general of the BBC has appointed former Labour Party culture minister James Purnell to a top role overseeing communications and strategy.

UBS review spurs exit of marcomms boss Kafka

Alec Mattinson, PRWeek UK February 13, 2013

Paul Kafka, the former Goldman Sachs European communications boss, has left his job as head of marketing communications at Swiss banking giant UBS.

British Retail group switches corporate affairs head

Daniel Farey-Jones, PRWeek UK January 25, 2013

Amanda Callaghan will join the British Retail Consortium as corporate affairs director, taking over as Jane Bevis leaves to start her own consultancy.

SVC appoints Miller to replace Wilks as Chicago lead

Sarah Shearman January 24, 2013

NEW YORK: Sard Verbinnen & Co. has named 18-year agency veteran Debbie Miller head of its Chicago office, and it has promoted Bryan Locke to MD.

Fujitsu America taps Finn Partners as AOR

Brittaney Kiefer January 16, 2013

NEW YORK: Fujitsu America, a North American subsidiary of Japanese information and communication technology giant Fujitsu Limited, has selected Finn Partners as its PR AOR following a competitive review.

Asia's CEOs remain inactive on social media: Weber

Staff Reporters, Campaign Asia-Pacific January 16, 2013

Weber Shandwick's latest study revealed that 81% of CEOs among the world's top 50 companies engage socially, but chief executives in the Asia-Pacific region lag behind their counterparts.

H+K hands Luckett global crisis comms role

John Owens, PRWeek UK January 16, 2013

LONDON: Hill+Knowlton Strategies has named Tim Luckett co-chair of global crisis communications and risk management. He previously led the agency's EMEA crisis team.

Saudi Basic Industries appoints IPG for global work

John Owens, PRWeek UK January 09, 2013

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation has appointed the Interpublic Group as its global communications agency.

Nissan appoints UK marketing director

Alex Brownsell, Marketing November 28, 2012

Nissan has appointed Guillaume Masurel UK marketing director following the departure of Steve McLennan to a role in the car company's European business.

Communicators dedicate more resources to talent war

Bernadette Casey November 14, 2012

NEW YORK: One of the top challenges on everyone's mind in the PR business is the escalating talent war.

Booth joins Mazda as senior PR manager

Virgil Dickson July 25, 2012

IRVINE, CA: Mazda North American Operations has hired Eric Booth as senior manager of PR, a newly created position.

Fleishman's Guirguis joins Edelman NY

Virgil Dickson June 21, 2012

NEW YORK: Ron Guirguis has joined Edelman's New York office as MD of corporate and public affairs.

CCOs: boldly go and seek out new organizations

Steve Barrett March 23, 2012

When a group of senior in-house executives of the caliber of IBM's Jon Iwata and colleagues combine to produce a new framework for PR, corporate affairs, and marketing it is definitely worthy of note.

Page Society urges corporate character development in latest framework

Frank Washkuch March 22, 2012

NEW YORK: The Arthur W. Page Society unveiled what it described as a new model for corporate communications on Thursday, encouraging CCOs to build an overarching corporate character and then behave and communicate with stakeholders in accordance with it.

JMPR named Omix-Ada's AOR

Virgil Dickson March 22, 2012

WOODLAND HILLS, CA: Omix-Ada has hired JMPR Public Relations as its AOR.

Public has 'crisis of confidence' in leaders

Beth Krietsch March 19, 2012

NEW YORK: Leaders around the world are failing to meet public expectations, according to a global study by Ketchum.

Hunt leaves role at Thomson Reuters

Rose Gordon March 05, 2012

NEW YORK: Jolie Hunt has stepped down from her position as SVP and global head of brand and PR at Thomson Reuters, where she oversaw brand, advertising, and digital and social media for its news and financial services businesses.

Anheuser-Busch InBev loses global corporate affairs director

Lindsay Stein February 15, 2012

BEDFORDSHIRE, UK: Anheuser-Busch InBev's global and UK senior corporate affairs director Mike Kelly left the company at the end of last year, the company confirmed.

McCollum joins Speyside as director

Virgil Dickson January 11, 2012

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA: Fiona McCollum has joined Speyside as a director.

WCG Companies hires Edelman's Grates

Virgil Dickson January 09, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO: WCG Companies, the parent firm of agency WCG, has hired Gary Grates, former president and global managing director of Edelman Change and Employee Engagement.

MWW adds Marks to corporate practice

Rose Gordon January 05, 2012

NEW YORK: MWW Group has appointed Rosanne Marks, an agency alum, as SVP of corporate communications in New York where she will lead account teams and provide counsel to executives.

AVT selects Barwicki Investor Relations

Brittaney Kiefer December 30, 2011

CORONA, CA: AVT Inc., a manufacturer of vending and other retail systems, has retained Barwicki Investor Relations to develop an IR program.

The PR Week - December 22, 2011

December 22, 2011

Gideon Fidelzeid and Frank Washkuch discuss the AT&T and T-Mobile merger that never was, as well as Shift Communications' pick up of social media and PR duties for the McDonald's Advertising Cooperative, which represents restaurants in New England.

J&J promotes Sneed to VP, global corporate affairs

Lindsay Stein December 14, 2011

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ: Johnson & Johnson has promoted Michael Sneed, a company group chairman, to VP of global corporate affairs, effective January 1, 2012.