MWW has acquired UK's Braben Communications, a 20-year-old PR shop with media, technology and advertising clients, a year after the Jersey-based independent firm moved into Britain.
Braben joins MWW's technology, media and telecoms group, and bolsters the number of staffers in London to 24 and fee income to about $4M.
Founder Sarah Locke takes the global brand ambassador slot to help guide MWW's international development.
Managing director Matt Bourn becomes head of MWW's European media practice.
MWW CEO Michael Kempner praised the duo for their "great strategic vision backed with flawless execution."
Paddy Herridge is MWW's UK managing director now in charge of clients such as BBC, NCR, The Weather Channel, Four Seasons Health Care, News UK, Bauer Media and Starcom Mediavest Group.
MWW acquired Britain's Parys Communication in November of last year.
Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.
Ballard Partners has recruited State Department veteran Matt Bryza as a senior policy advisor.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
The Syrian Kurdish militia recruits Jim Dornan Strategies to press Congress for continued support in their battle against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar Assad.
The Government of Hungary has hired Strategic Improvisation Inc. to generate positive media coverage and combat negative press coverage of the Central European country. (6 reader comments)
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