Ketchum UK CEO Avril Lee has stepped down, effective immediately, with plans to leave the agency in April after ten years.

It is not clear whether Lee, who told PRWeek UK she was “looking forward to taking on a new and exciting challenge that delivers full integration to client,” has a job to go to.

The CEO role has been taken over by Ketchum Europe CEO and UK chairman David Gallagher. An agency spokeswoman said he will be in the role ...