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| David Bentley |
David Bentley, VP-digital at McKinsey & Co. during a four-year run at the consulting giant, is the new chief of Porter Novelli, taking the spot vacated in December by Brad MacAfee.
Prior to McKinsey, Bentley ran his own consulting firm and was managing director at AKQA, heading its London and New York offices in a 10-year stretch.
John Doolittle, acting CEO of Omnicom’s PR Group, said in a statement that Bentley’s “diversity of experience across both agencies and consultancies gives him a unique understanding of today's market dynamics.”
Bentley has counseled Google, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson and Nike.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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