NEW YORK: Peter McKillop has left his position as CCO for the Americas at UBS after less than a year with the company - he is replaced by Marsha Askins, who took over the role on June 1.

McKillop joined UBS in July 2011 to lead corporate communications and branding activities for the Americas region. He left the company to take a “professional sabbatical,” according to an internal memo from UBS seen by PRWeek.

Prior to his tenure at UBS, McKillop was ...