Univision Tunes in Amirshahi for Corporate Comms.

Univision has tuned in Time Warner Cable's Bobby Amirshahi as senior VP of corporate communications.

Bobby Amirshahi

Amirshahi, a 20-year veteran, was VP of PR at TWC, where he was the company's voice for M&A, financial earnings and policy issues. He was previously senior director of public affairs at Cox Enterprises and director of corporate comms. for Viacom/MTV Networks.

At Univision, he is based in New York for the multicultural media giant and reports to chief communications officer Rosemary Mercedes, who praised his experience managing corporate communications "for some of the largest, most influential media companies, giving him a deep understanding of our business and the unique opportunities and challenges faced by our industry."

Amirshahi started out in PR in Washington with the Telecommunications Industry Association before moving to Cox.