WPP’s global PR flagship Burson-Marsteller has appointed Teresa Henderson a managing director in its U.S. corporate and financial practice. She will also serve as market leader of Burson-Marsteller’s southwest region, which includes the agency’s offices in Dallas and Austin.

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Henderson was previously senior vice president of client development in the Texas office of Oklahoma City-headquartered marketing communications agency Saxum, where she fielded accounts for clients such as Hess Corp., Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and RigNet. Prior to her tenure at Saxum, Henderson was a senior VP at Houston-headquartered investor relations and PR agency Pierpont Communications, where she was general manager of the Dallas office and headed accounts for Saudi Aramco, Sunoco Logistics and Emirates Airlines. She also formerly served as an executive VP at Edelman, where she was also southwest corporate practice leader and head of the independent giant's Dallas and Austin outposts. Prior to that she was a senior VP at Ketchum and director of that Omnicom unit’s Dallas office.

As southwest market leader, Henderson is now tasked with overseeing the agency’s growth and business development in that region. She will work out of the agency’s Dallas office and will report to U.S. corporate practice chair and New York market leader Alan Sexton.

In a statement, Burson-Marsteller U.S. CEO Michael Law called Henderson “a veteran corporate communicator,” who “will be an invaluable asset to our colleagues and clients as we continue to grow our presence in Texas and the Southwest.”