The World Energy Council has handed a seven-figure global media brief to FTI Consulting.

FTI's strategic comms business will provide international media support to the United Nations-accredited global energy body for its flagship triennial congress, to be held in Daegu, South Korea, in October 2013.

The agency won the lucrative brief after a competitive pitch against other global networks including Porter Novelli, Ogilvy PR, Weber Shandwick, and InComm Brodeur.

The tagline for the 2013 event is “Securing Tomorrow's Energy Today,” and the agency ...