 Jane Madden |
Jane Madden, a former Burson-Marsteller executive who led that WPP unit’s U.S. corporate responsibility offering, has joined Finn Partners, where she’s been picked to head the agency’s sustainability and social impact practice.
Madden joins the independent agency from Burson-Marsteller, where she served as managing director, corporate responsibility and sustainability out of the agency’s Chicago office. She was previously a partner at Environmental Resources Management, where she led that environmental services company’s sustainability practice. Prior to that she was a social responsibility/sustainability executive VP at Edelman, where she launched its Chicago CSR & sustainability practice.
Madden formerly served at the World Bank for 12 years, and was a member of its community outreach committee and advised governments on environmental, social and governance policies.
Madden will work across FP’s offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia to build its sustainability and social impact practice globally. She’ll be stationed in Chicago.
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