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| Kelli Parsons |
Kelli Parsons, senior VP & chief communications officer at United Technologies, is returning to Hill+Knowlton Strategies as global chair, corporate affairs on June 15.
She'll be in charge of corporate brand & reputation, financial PR, crisis & issues management, employee engagement and environmental & social governance matters.
Parsons did a 10-year stint at H&K, exiting in 2008 as executive VP-corporate & technology practice leader.
Upon departure, she served as head of global communications & marketing at Warburg Pincus, senior VP & CCO at Fannie Mae and senior VP & chief communications officer at New York Life Insurance.
H&K also recruited Philippe Maze-Sencier as global chair, public affairs. The more than 25-year policy veteran will join June 8 from McLarty Associates, where he worked in its Brussels and DC offices.
Earlier, he was executive director at APCO Worldwide, heading its global government relations practice; staffer at LVMH's spirits division, and was at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.
Senior-most communications executives in the Fortune 500 earned between $50,000 and $100,000 more this year than they did two years ago, according to a recent survey of chief communications officers.
The pressure is on PR pros to make sure corporate messaging remains clear and cohesive. Business jargon is an obstacle to achieving this goal.
In today's volatile world of constant disruption, the ability to offer reliability and dependability is more valuable than ever.
