2010

Edelman has appointed Grant Clelland, Editor of Financial News, to a Director position within the agency's Corporate & Financial practice. Clelland will report into Group Managing Director, Alex Bigg, and will be responsible for a portfolio of financial services clients and driving new business. He will join the agency in September.

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Former Technology and New Media Advisor to the White House and Chief Technology Officer for “Obama for America” appointed EVP, Global Practice Chair

London - Edelman today announces senior promotions within its UK business. Alex Bigg is named Group Managing Director of the newly created Corporate & Financial practice. He will be supported by Nick Barron and Scott Thomson who are promoted to Deputy Managing Directors. Jo Sheldon is promoted to a Managing Director within the practice. These changes will take effect from 1st July 2010.

London, 7 June 2010 - Edelman today announces that Robin Hamman joins the agency today as a Director in the agency's Digital practice.

London, 27 May 2010 – Stefan Stern, one of the Financial Times’s best known commentators, joins Edelman, the world’s largest independent PR agency, in the role of Director of Strategy. He will provide senior counsel to organisations across all industry sectors on strategic reputation management at the intersection of business, media and society. He will also be an active contributor to Edelman’s publications series and support the generation of content in his specialist field of management. He will start this new position in August, after many years writing for the FT.

Internet is second only to TV as a frequent “source of entertainment”
Study reveals consumers in UK and US recognise social networks as entertainment

Peter Zarko-Flynn joins Edelman, bringing more than 14 years’ experience in journalism and healthcare communications to his role as Associate Director in Edelman Health’s growing practice.

Global Survey Finds Corporate Involvement in Health Drives Trust, Purchases, Recommendations and Investment

Edelman today announced that it has appointed Kajsa Wilhelmsson as its Director of European Health Public Affairs.

Based in the company’s Brussels office, Kajsa will become the public policy head for Europe’s leading health agency and bring her extensive political and media experience to bear alongside the global practice team. Edelman’s team of over 120 health specialists in Europe advises most of the world’s health companies including AstraZeneca, Abbott Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Sharpe & Dohme, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Pfizer.