Penelope Holloway and Mandi Bateson join Hill & Knowlton in senior roles
Bateson (left) and Holloway
PR agency Hill & Knowlton has appointed two new directors, with Mandi Bateson becoming director of digital and Penelope Holloway director of consumer lifestyle.
Bateson – @mab397 on Twitter – joins from Daemon Group where she was digital planning director.
Holloway was at Bang PR and before that Zing Communications.
Massive congratulations to Mandi. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserved, nor sweeter lady who really knows her digital. Hill & Knowlton have made an incredibly smart move.
Hopefully shall be seeing you in the pitch corridors, Mandi!
Congratulations Mandi!
This is an amazing appointment and I cannot wait to see the fantastic work I’m sure you’ll be putting forward in the future, especially judging on your past digital achievements.
Nice work Hill and Knowlton, this signals an exciting period ahead!
Congrats Penny! Long time since my Zing days, but still lovely to see you pop up on my twitter feed 🙂
good luck in your new H&K role,
Mel
Congratulations Mandi-cane 😀
Congratulations Mandi – Fergus is lucky to have you 😀
Congrats Mandi! How very exciting for you (and for the team at H&K)!
Congrats to both Penelope and to Mandi – great choices for the roles!
Congrats Mandi – Good luck in the new role! Daemonites are missing you already! 🙂
Good to see two women in the roles!
Congratulations @mab397. A massively deserved lead-role with an international agency – virtual hi-five! (135 characters)
Congratulations Mandi (and Penelope!)
Could not think of a more deserving peson, Mandi. You’re both awesome and brilliant and it’s fantastic to see Hill & Knowlton have realised this too. 🙂
I’m starting to feel a bit sorry for Penelope. Why isn;t anybody saying nice things about her?
Well, look, everyone’s said it, but I’ll say it again! Congrats Mandi! :)!
Many congratulations to you both, and to H&K
“I’m starting to feel a bit sorry for Penelope. Why isn’t anybody saying nice things about her?” – Anonymous, I was just thinking the same thing but I didn’t want to draw more attention to it!
Congrats on the new role Pen. H&K are lucky to have you.
Jem
Pen is great! I worked with her when I was at Zing. She’s a fantastic operator and will be perfect in the role.
Been years since I sat at an H&K desk, and a lot of troop movement’s happened since, but I trust you two will have some happy years there, as I did.
Big congratulations to Penelope! Very sad to see her leave us but H&K have made a great appointment.
Many thanks to you all!
Great to have a first day buddy in Penny, looking forward to working with her and the rest of the H&K team.
Gillian – ever worked in a PR agency before? I think that you’ll find that both Penny and Mandi are among a plethora of highly capable women in deserving leadership roles…
I have actually worked at a PR consultancy but I really don’t see the relevance. If you read what I wrote, I wasn’t making any comment about Penny or Mandi’s abilities. In fact, I don’t even know them but I think they are both deserving of praise because it’s a pretty tough industry to work in.
You’re still missing the point, Gillian. There’s nothing exciting that women get given senior roles in PR. It’s one industry where there’s no glass ceiling.
& The Master – Hmmm … we’ll agree to disagree on that because a lot of PR agencies perhaps not in Australia but in other countries are still dominated by men in senior positions. Just for the record, I think it’s a great achievement and I don’t want to enter into a debate or take away from the point of the post which is to glorify two women’s achievements.
Congrats Mandi! Interesting move and I wish you all the best in your new role. I hope H&K gives you the space to bring all your magic! 🙂
And what is Lachlan … chopped liver?
Congrats to all three of you … including @warlach 😉
Awww, thanks mate 🙂
Can I join the Mandi appreciation society?
Sure thing Gavin, I’ll shoot you through my bank details for your membership fee.
For the rest of today it’s the low low price of $200 for 12 months! Bargain!
Congratulations Penny. Who’s mandi? and well Lachlan you have some pretty big shoes to fill. Although I am unsure why you’re wearing heels.
Congratulations Pen! Well deserved, best wishes..
Congrats to both girls! I don’t know Penelope’s work so well, but am constantly wowed by Mandi’s smarts and curiosity. Exciting times to come for H&K I’m sure.
And, congrats to Warlach too. (I especially like the fact you are referred to as Warlach here.) 🙂
The most universally positive comment stream ever on mumbrella! And also well deserved. Congrats Mandi.