Charlie PerkinsCharlie Perkins, who served nearly a decade as Americas PR director for Ernst & Young, is now at Global Strategy Group as managing director. He'll counsel clients on crisis and issues management.

At E&Y, Perkins handled PR/marketing campaigns, positioning, executive visibility and crisis communications.

Earlier, he headed Weber Shandwick corporate reputation practice in New York and chaired Edelman's global corporate reputation offering.

Perkins also served in the political arena as press secretary in the campaigns of New York City major Rudy Giuliani and Jersey Senators Frank Launtenberg and Bill Bradley.

Jon Silvan, founding partner and chief of GSG, said Perkins' "experience speaks for itself."