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| Tanya Joseph |
Hill+Knowlton has hired Tanya Joseph, who served as UK prime minister Tony Blair's press secretary and is a trustee at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, as managing director of its specialist services unit in London.
Trained as a journalist, Joseph did a stint as managing director for public affairs at Grayling and ran her own consultancy for nine years.
She also was director of campaigns & public policy at the Nationwide Building Society, vice-chair at the Fawcett Society and while at Sport England, Joseph crafted the award-winning "This Girl Campaign" to encourage girls to be physically active.
At H+K, the specialist services group includes corporate advisory, behavioral science, executive coaching, internal communications and crisis/reputation management services.
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