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New York, N.Y., June 12, 2006 – Ketchum today named additions to the firm’s key management groups, its Executive Committee, and senior partner and partner groups. The appointees include two new senior partners; two additional members of the Executive Committee, increasing its number to eleven, and seven new partners.
These appointments enrich Ketchum’s ability to provide the latest thinking and highest-quality public relations services to clients while ensuring continued advancement as an agency. Each of these groups maintains the culture that drives Ketchum''s success: a commitment to exceptional client service, employee satisfaction and teamwork.
Senior partners at Ketchum govern the firm and have the flexibility to deal with priority business issues, as such needs arise. The new senior partners of the firm, who also serve on the Executive Committee, include the following:
- Jon Higgins, Senior Partner/Chief Executive Officer, Europe
- Rob Lorfink, Senior Partner/Chief Financial Officer
The Executive Committee focuses on Ketchum’s strategy, growth, people and financial performance, as well as identifying and diagnosing challenges and opportunities and prescribing solutions and actions in keeping with Ketchum’s values. The new members of the executive committee are as follows:
- David Gallagher, Partner/CEO, London
- Paul Rand, Partner/Global Chief Development and Innovation Officer
Partners drive account management, advise how people are managed and developed, identify new products and services, provide input on the strategic future of the agency, and ensure growth and profitability. The seven new partners include the following:
- Serena De Morgan, Managing Director, London
- Linda Eatherton, Executive Vice President and Director, Global Food & Nutrition Practice
- Denise Kaufmann, Senior Vice President/Global Account Director
- Avril Lee, Managing Director, Europe Healthcare
- Mark Malinowski, Senior Vice President and Director of Brand Marketing, New York
- Scott Proper, Senior Vice President, Associate Director, New York
- Kelley Skoloda, Director, Global Brand Marketing Practice
“Our leadership appointments acknowledge these individuals’ contributions and the strengths of the account relationships, teams, and businesses they have built and the contributions they have made,” said Raymond L. Kotcher, Ketchum Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer. “There are high expectations for what our senior partners, Executive Committee and partners will achieve. Given the past accomplishments of this newly elected group, I am certain they will more than realize these expectations.”
About Ketchum
An innovator in communication since 1923, Ketchum delivers seamless service around the globe through its 23 offices and 47 affiliates in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. With its five global practice areas – Brand Marketing, Corporate Communications, Healthcare, Food & Nutrition, and Technology – Ketchum offers clients a unique breadth and depth of marketing and corporate communications expertise. A leading global public relations firm and the PRWeek 2002 Agency of the Year, Ketchum is a unit of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC; www.omnicomgroup.com). Additional information on Ketchum, its award-winning work, and past news releases can be found at www.ketchum.com.
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