Robert Ardelt, managing director of APCO Worldwide in Germany, has been named co-leader of the Washington, D.C.-based firm's global crisis management and litigation communications practice.
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Robert ArdeltArdelt, who’s filled the managing director post at the independent global communication agency for more than seven years, will now co-lead APCO’s crisis and litigation communication practice, which operates in more than 80 local markets worldwide.
Ardelt will lead a team of crisis and litigation consultants alongside executive director Kent Jarrell, who is based in Washington.
Prior to joining APCO, Ardelt was a marketing and communications manager at global strategy consulting firm Booz & Company (now PwC’s Strategy&). He was previously a senior associate at Burson-Marsteller, where he led the WPP unit’s crisis communications practice in Germany.
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