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Former BBC Presenter Clarence Mitchell joins Burson-Marsteller UK
5th September 2011
Clarence Mitchell has joined Burson-Marsteller’s London team where he becomes a Managing Director, providing strategic counsel to corporate and public affairs clients and reporting to UK CEO Matt Carter.
Burson-Marsteller Hires MHP’s Head of Technology, Ben Maynard
31st August 2011
Burson-Marsteller has hired industry veteran, Ben Maynard to join its Technology Practice as a managing director. He will join the London team which serves a raft of major clients in the technology and telecoms space, including Hewlett Packard, SAP and Sony Ericsson. Maynard will also act as deputy Chair of B-M’s Technology Practice in Europe, Middle East and Africa, reporting to EMEA Practice Chair, Chris Cartwright.
Burson-Marsteller Appoints Helena Olsson New CEO of Sweden
29th August 2011
Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications consultancy, today announced it has appointed Helena Olsson as CEO of the firm’s Swedish operations.
“I used to be a peaceful man…”
by Maria Lazarimou on 4th August 2011
“I used to be a peaceful man, but they (the politicians) have hit me where it hurts the most…they deprived me of the possibility to give to my kids the possibility to dream” This is an actual verbatim from a qualitative research, exploring the motives and behavioral drivers of the “Indignant” and it most eloquently describes the unprecedented loss of trust of the Greek people towards all kinds of institutions, including the corporate world.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI JOURNALISM SCHOOL GIVES ITS HIGHEST AWARD
27th July 2011
The University of Missouri, the world’s first school to teach journalism, has awarded Robert S. Leaf, ex-international chairman of Burson-Marsteller the 2011 Missouri Honor Medal for distinguished Service in Journalism, the highest honor the School of Journalism bestows. The medal has been given since 1930 and recipients include, Walter Cronkite, George Gallup, Tom Brokaw, Craig Claiborne, Christine Amanapour and Winston Churchill.
Burson-Marsteller adds new talent to fast growing EMEA Healthcare practice with appointment of Richard Anderson
19th July 2011
Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications consultancy, today announced it has appointed Richard Anderson to join as Managing Director for Healthcare, EMEA based in Burson-Marsteller’s London office, from 1 September 2011. Richard will lead the EMEA Healthcare practice together with Toula Stoffel, Managing Director, Healthcare in Burson-Marsteller Switzerland and Practice Leader, Healthcare EMEA.
Big cities leading the way on climate change
by Bill Royce on 12th July 2011
Followers of the UN’s climate change negotiations will be disappointed with the poor progress at the talks in Bonn this month. Hopes of a new international agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012 are fading fast…
Digital and Social Media makes crises more difficult for companies to manage and few companies are sufficiently prepared, global study finds
28th June 2011
Sixty-five percent of business decision makers believe that new media actually make crises more difficult to manage and only 54 percent of respondents’ have crisis management plans…
The challenge to rebuild trust
by Jeremy Galbraith on 21st June 2011
Greece is in political and economic turmoil, there are demonstrations across Spain against economic austerity measures and Belgium hasn’t had a government since the federal elections in June of last year…
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