MUMBAI, INDIA: Lou Capozzi, head of Publicis' PR operations, was named new International Communications Consultancy Organization (ICCO) president at the ICCO Summit, assuming the role in six months.
Outgoing ICCO president John Saunders, Fleishman-Hillard regional director of Continental Europe and Ireland, and Harold Burson, Burson-Marsteller founder, were among other speakers at the event held by the umbrella group for 1,000-plus global firms.
Burson spoke of the need for groups like ICCO to consider the issue of licensing the PR industry to help its reputation.
For dispatches from Hamilton Nolan on the summit and India, check out prweek.com/us/blogs.
