Edelman appoints Lynnette Edmonds as talent director as agency hunts for GM of consumer

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Edelman Sydney has appointed former Hausmann Communications group talent director Lynnette Edmonds as its first talent director to oversee the agency’s recruitment efforts, Mumbrella can reveal.

Edmonds joins Edelman after just over two-and-a-half years at Hausmann. Edmonds has also spent 15 years as a PR consultant, including five years as co-owner of PR People, a specialist boutique recruitment agency especially for the PR and communications industry.

Matthew Gain, chief operating officer of Edelman Australia, told Mumbrella the agency had been looking at the talent director role “for a long time”.