 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.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
