CHICAGO: Joe Bernardo, CEO of Cision North America, will step down from his post March 1, the company said Wednesday.

Peter Granat, currently president and COO of Cision North America, will replace him, reporting to Hans Gieskes, CEO of the Cision Group. Bernardo has transferred more responsibility to Granat throughout the past year, the company said in a statement.

Gieskes credited Bernardo in a statement as “key to Cision's success in North America, as the company transformed itself from a ...