Keith Hughes, former managing director at WPP's Burson-Marsteller unit, has joined independent global communications agency Ruder Finn, where he will now head that agency's U.S. corporate practice.
|
|
Hughes will be based out of the agency’s New York headquarters and will report to CEO Kathy Bloomgarden.
Hughes joins Ruder Finn from Burson-Marsteller, where he most recently served that global PR giant as managing director and account director for Bank of America. Prior to that, he was stationed at MSLGroup, where he served as senior vice president and director of that Publicis powerhouse’s North America consumer practice. He has also held senior leadership roles at Fleishman-Hillard, Ketchum and Marina Maher Communications.
Hughes is now responsible for building Ruder Finn’s corporate practice and expanding the agency’s capabilities.
|
|
Hughes succeeds former corporate practice head Rachel Spielman, who founded the agency’s corporate practice in 2000. Spielman has been appointed to the newly-created role of EVP, storytelling and media.
The new all-agency storytelling position involves working across the agency and coordinating with teams to mine for client stories. Bloomgarden in a statement said the role will help the agency "continue to drive stellar agenda-setting story placements for our clients across channels."
In addition to her new role, Spielman will continue to lead her existing client accounts.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
Kieran Mahoney, who founded Mercury Public Affairs more than 27 years ago, has stepped down as CEO and assumed the executive chairman post.
