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| Stacey Zolt Hara |
Burson has hired Stacey Zolt Hara as executive VP & US head of workplace & purpose, a newly created post.
The 25-year PR veteran joins the WPP unit from Airwallex, a fintech company, where she was head of global corporate affairs.
Zolt Hara also was senior VP-global corporate communications at Udemy, an edtech outfit; and VP-global head of employee & executive communications at Visa.
She has PR firm experience gained from stints at Edelman (managing director, corporate & PA), and Ogilvy (director in the Singapore’s office’s corporate & finance practice).
Craig Buchholz, Burson’s U.S. CEO, lauded Zolt Harra's broad expertise in media, public affairs, in-house and agency. “Stacey brings a unique perspective on the intersection of workplace and purpose that will be invaluable to clients,” he said.
Zolt Hara will be based in San Francisco.
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