By Greg Hazley
Omnicom has tapped former Fleishman-Hillard senior SVP Karen van Bergen as CEO of Porter Novelli, starting Jan. 1.
Gary Stockman left the CEO slot at PN in July after four years. CFO Michael Ramah led the firm on an interim basis since then.
Van Bergen has been heading PN’s New York office since joining the firm in January 2012.
Dale Adams, CEO of OMC’s Diversified Agency Services unit, said van Bergen brings a “unique global perspective” from having led numerous cross-border client assignments and managing multi-agency teams across Omnicom.
She was previously at F-H in Amsterdam, heading OMC’s 600-staffer integrated operation serving Royal Philips Electronics. She also handled pitches for Unilever and NBC Universal while at F-H in Europe.
On the corporate side, she was chief of staff, VP of corporate affairs for McDonald’s Europe, and directed marketing, comms. and government relations for the fast food giant’s central Europe and Asia unit.
Earlier, she was director of corporate affairs in Europe for the Outboard Marine Corp. |