By Greg Hazley
Edelman has recruited Hill & Knowlton’s Seattle general manager to head the firm’s own 100-staffer Seattle operation as executive VP and GM.
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Will Ludlam is slated to join the top independent firm on Sept. 6. He moved to H&K in 2008 after a decade at Porter Novelli, where he was managing director for Asia-Pacific and led its consumer work for H-P when it was the Omnicom unit’s biggest global account.
He was previously with H&K/Seattle predecessor The Rockey Company, which it acquired in 2000. Other stints included KVO and Waggener Edstrom.
Edelman/Seattle’s top business includes Microsoft, Starbucks, AMD and Best Buy.
Ludlam handled accounts like ExxonMobil, KeyBank and Seattle Children’s Hospital for H&K. Senior VP Christiaan Brown has been appointed Seattle GM for H&K to replace Ludlam, who said he worked with Brown for 12 years and called him a "superstar."
Ludlam will report to Western region president Curt Kundred at Edelman.
Edelman and H&K settled a poaching lawsuit out of court this month over staffers and business in Australia.
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