Geoff Beattie, Cohn & Wolfe's global corporate affairs chief for more than eight years and most recently strategic consulting head, has joined APCO Worldwide in London as executive director/corporate affairs.
APCO CEO Brad Staples, a fan of Beattie, said APCO has been "very impressed by his outstanding contributions on joint assignments in the past."
Prior to C&W, Beattie, who has been involved in corporate strategy for 17 years, helmed Pleon UK, which was acquired by Ketchum.
Earlier, he spent a dozen years as reporter at British newspapers and TV before becoming senior producer at GMTV.
James Acheson-Gray is managing director of APCO/UK.
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