 Karen Le Cannu |
Prosek Partners has appointed Karen Le Cannu as managing director. Le Cannu comes to the firm from HSBC, where she was head of external communications for global banking. Before that, she was a director at London-based strategic communications consultancy Powerscourt, leading its bank's team. She started her career as an analyst for the Bank of England. “Our global client base will benefit from Karen’s deep financial sector experience, creativity and high energy,” said Prosek managing partner Jennifer Prosek. Le Cannu will be based in London initially and will relocate to New York in early 2019.
 Chris Davies |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has named Chris Davies executive creative director. Davies was previously with the agency from 2014 to 2016 as national creative director at H+K in Canada. He returns to H+K from Traffik, where he was executive creative director, overseeing the agency’s creative output for all clients. He has also held creative leadership roles at Bimm, Taxi and Sharpe Blackmore Euro RSCG (now Havas). In his new post, Davies will be in charge of H+K’s Canadian creative team. Headquartered in Toronto, H+K Strategies Canada has seven offices across the country.
 Glenn Gillen |
WGU North Carolina, part of the national nonprofit online Western Governors University, has hired Glenn Gillen as public relations manager. Gillen comes to WGU from S&A Communications, where he was senior account manager. He was previously public relations director at MarketSmart Advertising. While he will be based in the Research Triangle area, Gillen will direct public relations strategies and tactics for WGU across North Carolina. WGU, which officially launched in October 2017, has also hired Jason Caldwell and Cindy Garcia as strategic partnerships managers.
ICR adds Donna F. Anderson to its governance & shareholder advisory practice as senior advisor. She comes to ICR from T. Rowe Price... Troutman Strategies, a government affairs firm that is a subsidiary of legal firm Troutman Pepper Locke, promotes Neftali Partida and Tom Tilton to principal... Hancock Whitney, a Gulfport, MS-based financial services company, brings on Mary Elizabeth Stringer as director of government affairs, a newly created role.
Ballard Strategy Group names former Burson managing director Mike Waterman as MD. Waterman comes to Ballard from ROKK Solutions... The Herald Group brings on Trace Scruggs and Evan Lukaske as VPs... Travelier, which operates platforms for booking intercity transportation services via buses, trains and ferries in 124 countries, appoints Mario Gavira as CMO. 
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications brings on Jessica Gail, who served as director of communications for Rep. Eric Swalwell, as senior media lead... Prime Therapeutics appoints Katie Payne as chief external affairs officer, a newly created role. She was previously a senior director at APCO... Thunderly promotes Jason Weaver to director of paid media. 
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
