Pete Pedersen, former Edelman global tech chair, has resigned the CEO slot at Grayling, Huntsworth's global flagship.

pete pedersenThe move comes as former Hill & Knowlton CEO Paul Taaffe, who was recruited in December for the Huntsworth helm, readies to take command of the holding company in April.

Huntsworth released a statement to say that Grayling's executive management team will oversee day-to-day activities on a interim basis.

Peter Chadlington, the Huntsworth CEO who hired Pedersen, credited him for making an important contribution to the firm and "repositioning as a digitally focused international PR company building multinational client engagement."

He wished Pedersen well.