Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry have recruited Royal Bank of Scotland PR exec Jason Knauf as communications secretary.
He takes the role vacated by Ed Perkins in September. Perkins is now with PR agency Portland.
Knauf, a 30-year-old American educated in the UK and New Zealand, led media relations for the UK's treasury in the aftermath of the financial crisis, before moving to the crisis-plagued Bank of Scotland in roles including head of media relations and, presently, director of corporate affairs.
He is slated to join the royals in January, after a planned US trip by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Knauf will be spokesman through the anticipated birth of William and Kate's second child in April.
Prince Charles longtime PR head Patrick Harrison decamped for Weber Shandwick in October.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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