Financial and corporate PR firm Teneo has opened a Toronto office, its first foray into Canada.
James Crossland, EVP of corporate affairs for Kinross Gold Corp., has been tapped as managing director and chair for Canada. Teneo also hired John Crean as managing director from National PR and Andrew Mandel-Campbell, who worked under Crossland at Kinross, as a senior VP.
Crossland said the firm will target senior corporate execs and boards for its advisory work in Canada.
Teneo, led by Clinton confidante Doug Band and financial comms. vets Declan Kelly and Paul Keary and reportedly among potential investors in APCO Worldwide, says it now staffs 570 with a presence in 15 markets.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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