David ChaplinDavid Chaplin

David Chaplin, communications director for the Remain campaign during Britain’s EU referendum last year, has joined Hill+Knowlton Strategies, where he’s been named a senior associate director in the WPP powerhouse’s energy and industrials team.

Chaplin was strategic communications director for the Britain Stronger In Europe campaign as well as a founding member of the Remain team, and managed the campaign’s overarching media and communications strategy and oversaw the creation and recruitment of its press office function across the UK. Prior to the EU referendum campaign, Chaplin was communications adviser and spokesperson to the Labour Party cabinet minister Douglas Alexander. He was also previously an account director at London-based PR and public affairs firm MHP Communications and a corporate affairs advisor at non-profit children’s organization NSPCC.

Chaplin will be stationed in H+K’s London office and will provide insights and expertise to the agency’s growing energy and industrials practice.