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FleishmanHillard picked up an assignment to deliver the US media pitch for the “Gateway Gulf 2024” investment conference for the Bahrain Economic Development Board.
That PR effort, which began Oct. 18 and runs through Dec. 15, is worth $60K for the Omnicom unit.
Bahrain cinched 32 deals worth more than $12B at Gateway Gulf, which ran Nov. 3-4.
Among highlights: JPMorganChase plans to hire software engineers and other technologists in Bahrain to serve its global payments business.
BEDB CEO H.E. Noor bint Ali Alkhulaif called the JPMorganChase deal a “milestone that marks a strong endorsement of the trust international investors place in Bahrain’s first-rate offerings and future-ready workforce.”
FH’s work includes outreach to journalists, sharing of press releases/backgrounders, and organization of a press trip to the summit.
Seniors VPs Sheila Rose and Colin Hart, along with account supervisor Amanda Jada, handle Gateway.
KARV is providing strategic communications to the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council to promote US economic ties with the central Asian country.
Bethesda-based Tricuro has signed on South Korea for strategic communications support, messaging development, and media outreach related to US-Korea economic relations.
Ballard Partners has signed on to represent Turkiye’s Ministry of National Defense on matters regarding security issues related to the U.S.
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, which has been hit hard by the US/Iran war, has retained Continental Strategy to promote its interests among US policymakers, business leaders and key decision-makers.
Qorvis has signed a $35K per-month agreement to provide strategic communications to Morocco to further its effort to enhance its relationship with the US.
