Porter Novelli strengthens its team
PR agency Porter Novelli has made several new appointments.
The announcement:
Sydney, AUSTRALIA – Full-service PR agency Porter Novelli today announces three key appointments as it expands to meet demands for its award-winning services. Laura Air has joined the Lifestyle team as an Account Director, Fionnuala Maye will support the Healthcare team in an Account Manager role and Alicia Collins has joined the Corporate team as an Account Manager.
Laura is providing strategic support to consumer-focused campaigns and is pursuing new client opportunities. She has more than 15 years’ experience in the communication industry in Australia and the United Kingdom, working with clients including Lion Nathan, Priceline, Unilever, PepsiCo, the Federal Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Cosmetic Physicians’ Society of Australasia.
Fionnuala recently joined PN from a not-for-profit organisation. Her financial and project management knowledge and communications experience made her the ideal fit to support Porter Novelli’s recently acquired Bupa account.
For the Corporate team, Alicia’s financial services, government, healthcare and B2B experience is being harnessed for key clients including Bupa, BDO, Corporate Express, PC Tools and ASB.
These recruits come in addition to three account executive hires recently made across the agency, with Ana Gobuleva and Cene Dimeska joining the corporate practice and Alice Bruce joining lifestyle.
Richard Muller, Managing Director, Porter Novelli Sydney, says: “We’re focused on reinforcing our award-winning teams and continuing to deliver world-class results for our clients. These appointments follow a significant number of new client acquisitions over recent months.
“Laura’s experience, coupled with her strategic knowledge and strong media relations skills, makes her a valuable addition to the agency. We’re delighted to have appointed several strong consultants whose skills reinforce and complement perfectly the existing agency teams.”
Porter Novelli Sydney is a full-service PR agency and is part of the Clemenger Group of companies. Its client portfolio includes Australian Eggs, BDO, Bupa, Diageo, Roche Products, Macular Degeneration Foundation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, payclick, PepsiCo, PC Tools, MYOB, Reed Exhibitions and Visa.
In 2010, Porter Novelli won Arts, Entertainment & Media Campaign of the Year at the Asia Pacific PR Awards for the Museum of Democracy Uncensored Conversations campaign. It was also highly commended in the Consumer Marketing Campaign of the Year category at the 2010 PRIA NSW Awards for Excellence for the Smith’s Do Us A Flavour campaign, and highly commended in the Crisis Communications & Issues Management Campaign of the Year category at the PRIA Golden Target National Awards for Australian Pork Put Pork Back On Your Fork.
Source: Porter Novelli press release
