GLOBAL ROUND-UP - News in brief
27 Apr 2001
Francisco office. O'Boyle joins from global e-commerce solutions firm Intershop Communications, where she ...
Global move for Courtier...Courtier, has been promoted to global CEO, assuming joint responsibility with chairman Beth Gordon ...
Francisco office. O'Boyle joins from global e-commerce solutions firm Intershop Communications, where she ...
NEW YORK: Rupert Murdoch's global media empire News Corp has signed up Michael Regan as SV-P of ...
's sponsorship of the Spirit of Hong Kong yacht, which is participating in the BT Global Challenge race ...
LUND: Swedish multinational engineering company Alfa Laval has handed Cohn & Wolfe its global PR ...
NEW JERSEY: Healthcare PR firm The Shire Hall Group has partnered with international agency CommonHealth to open an office in the US. The venture is headed by former Shire Hall UK director, Neil McGregor-Paterson. Shire Hall CEO Margot James said she expects the US operation to exceed the size...
SEOUL: Brodeur Worldwide has taken a majority interest in Korea's largest hi-tech PR agency InComm Korea, making its first move to build a branded network in Asia. The deal, funded by parent company Omnicom, comes amid rumours of further acquisitions in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Sixty-strong InComm...
ATLANTA: Jamie Kellner, head of AOL Time Warner's cable interests, has hired Brad Turell as his communications executive. Turell becomes Turner Broadcasting System EV-P of communications, reporting to chairman and CEO Kellner. The remit is to head comms for the WB network, where Turell previously...
PARIS: French industrial group Altran Technologies has taken on Francois-Jose Bordonado as head of investor relations. He joins from his previous role as director of financial communications for fellow French industrial firm Pechiney.
VIENNA: German agency network The European Communications Consultants Group (ECC Group) has bought a 40 per cent stake in Austrian agency Publico PR & Lobbying. Publico employs 55 staff and last year posted fee income of more than pounds 5m. The new partners aim to open a public affairs office...