Karen Kornbluh, has joined Nielsen Holdings as executive VP-external affairs based in the Washington office of the information/measurement giant.
She takes over the duties of vice chair Susan Whiting, who is calling it quits at yearend after a 30-year career.
Kornbluh assumes oversight for government/PA, corporate social responsibility, multicultural market development and privacy issues.
The former U.S. ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2009-12) worked with ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s staff on the global Internet Policymaking Principles and launched Gender Initiative and the Middle East-North Africa Women's Business Forum.
Earlier, she was policy director to then-Senator Barack Obama and Treasury Dept. chief of staff and Federal Communications Commission legislative and intergovernmental affairs director during the Clinton Administration.
Kornbluh will report to incoming CEO Mitch Barnes, who takes over Jan. 1 from David Calhoun, who is exiting to Blackstone.
Niesen, which does business in 100 countries, has headquarters in Diemen (Holland) and New York,
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