Trish AultTrish Ault has returned to Weber Shandwick Canada as executive VP/general manager of its Ottawa office and national practice leader of its Social Impact unit that is focused on counseling clients on key social issues.

She rejoins the Interpublic unit after a three-year stint of working at global development programs.

Ault, from 2010-11, was the Nairobi-based communications director for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa that is chaired by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.

Greg Power, CEO of Weber Shandwick Canada, expects Ault's "experience as a communicator and her passion for global social issues will be of great benefit to Canadian companies operating in international markets and especially in Africa where she has a remarkable depth of knowledge."

She was previously in Seattle for WS.