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FTI Consulting has landed a $3M contract to craft and support a corporate communications strategy for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
The one-year contract, which went into effect on April 15, has monthly fees capped at $250K.
It covers communications and engagement strategies involving capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, PA and government relations.
FTI may get involved in economic development, lobbying, perception management, PR, and content development/distribution.
Senior management directors Cory Fritz (Washington), Lauren Burge (Brussels), Oliver Williams (Dubai); managing director Paul Harris (London), and senior director Damian Low (London) make up FTI’s PIF team.
The firm reports to Rahma Jeilani, who handles PIF’s corporate affairs.
Prior to joining PIF, she had a corporate affairs post at Goldman Sachs, and media relations spot at Barclays. Jeiliani also did brief stints at PR firms Freuds and Finsbury Glover Hering.
GrayRobinson has signed a $35K per month contract to provide government affairs services to the Embassy of Bahrain.
Development Counsellors International has landed the Tourism Authority of Thailand as a tourism and business event destination account.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
