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| Anne Bark |
Teneo has hired Anne Bark as managing director in its strategy and communications group in Amsterdam.
She worked at Brunswick Group for more than a dozen years in London and Shanghai, handling financial communications and crisis matters. Bark also did a stint as a business analyst at Nike.
She joins Teneo from Porticus, where she did a three-year run as senior advisor for communications and PA.
Porticus, which has a staff of nearly 200, is a global philanthropic organization that is working with more than 700 partners in the areas of social justice, promoting faith-based communities, sustainability and education.
At Teneo, Bark will focus on the fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare and technology sectors.
Geoff Morrell heads Teneo’s strategy & communications group. He was executive VP & chief corporate affairs officer at Disney, and executive VP of communications & advocacy at BP.


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