Hill+Knowlton Strategies UK has expanded its issues and crisis management team with the appointment of Giles Read as a director.

Read has returned to H+K from ArcelorMittal, where he was GM and group head of media relations.

In January, H+K EMEA crisis communications leader Tim Luckett was promoted to co-chair of global crisis communications and risk management, and crisis communications associate director Duncan Gallagher departed for Edelman.

Read will work closely with Luckett, providing corporate reputation support and rolling out H+K's proprietary crisis ...