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| Tristan Peniston-Bird |
FTI Consulting's Tristan Peniston-Bird has joined Portland’s London office as senior partner and financial communications lead in its corporate communications practice.
As part of FTI’s strategic communications practice, Peniston-Bird advised companies on privatizations, IPOs and M&A activity in the UK, Continental Europe, US and the Middle East.
Earlier he was chief corporate affairs officer at Velcro Corp and headed marketing and communications at Euroclear.
Pension-Bird also worked at Gavin Anderson & Company and Marsh Risk Consulting.
“The growth of Portland’s financial communications offering demonstrates our commitment to helping businesses tackle today’s complex political, regulatory and economic landscape,” said Louise Winmill, Portland’s head of corporate communications.
Omnicom owns Portland.
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