Ramiro Prudencio joins Brunswick as partner. The former McKinsey communications and marketing leader will lead Brunswick's global marketing strategy while also advising clients. LONDON - Ramiro Prudencio, until recently chief communications officer at management consulting giant McKinsey, has joined Brunswick Group as partner. Ge will lead the advisory group's global marketing strategy, shaping how the firm tells its story and brings its expertise to clients and markets around the world. Alongside this role, he will also advise professional services firms and other clients on reputation, transformation, crisis and other high-stakes issues. According to Prudencio, "What drew me to Brunswick is the opportunity to work at the center of the issues reshaping business and society. Brunswick is advising leaders on the most consequential challenges and opportunities they face and delivering impact across sectors and geographies. I am looking forward to advising clients and helping bring Brunswick's expertise and distinctive perspective to a wider audience." Prudencio brings more than three decades of experience advising senior leaders and organizations on complex reputational and business challenges. At McKinsey, he spent over six years as a partner and global director of communications and marketing, leading the firm's global external communications and marketing team, while also advising clients. He joined McKinsey while it was being investigated by the Zondo Commission in South Africa amid charges of fraud and corporate capture under the Zuma administration. He was later responsible for handling the fallout from the book "When McKinsey Comes to Town" by New York Times reporters Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe, and managed communications around the departure of global managing partner Kevin Sneader in 2021 - the first leader of the firm in decades to not be re-elected. Earlier in his career, Prudencio spent more than 25 years at Burson and its predecessor firms, serving as CEO of the firm's Latin America region and later its EMEA region. He was also a member of the firm's executive committee. He began his career as a legislative aide in the US Congress. Henry Timms, chief executive officer, said: Prudencio "brings deep experience as a trusted adviser, alongside the rare perspective of having led communications and marketing inside one of the world's leading professional services firms." Article tags News direct to your inbox The agency playbook. The PR industry's most comprehensive listing of firms from every region and specialty.

Former Burnham aide joins PLMR. Mace 8th September 2026 | Moves Public affairs firm PLMR has hired a veteran Labour adviser who worked with Prime Minister Andy Burnham during the last Labour government. Jennifer Gerber, a former special adviser to now-Prime Minister Andy Burnham, has joined PLMR as a senior political adviser. Gerber joins from WA Communications, where she spent the past two years as a senior political adviser. From 2007 to 2010, she served as a special adviser to Burnham across three cabinet portfolios, providing strategic advice at HM Treasury, the Department of Health, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. She also led the parliamentary campaign group Labour Friends of Israel for more than a decade, advised NHS Trusts within the Shelford Group during COVID-19, and previously headed the centre-left think tank Progress. Her appointment is designed to strengthen PLMR's public affairs offering, providing clients with senior strategic political and media counsel, alongside insight into the new Burnham government. "Unrivalled, decades-long experience at the heart of Labour politics" Kevin Craig, founder and chief executive of PLMR, said Gerber's "unrivalled,... Join the member community shaping British politics and stay ahead of what's really happening in the world of politics and public affairs, with expert analysis, breaking news, and insider insights from Westminster and Brussels. The Mace is the leading news source and resource for the government affairs industry, offering required reading and lobby intelligence for professionals. To see what you are missing out on by not subscribing to The Mace, click here to download its full membership info-pack. This includes having no paywall on op-ed content or profiles/interviews, allowing professional profiles to be read with maximum impact and visibility by government, special advisers, MPs, peers, civil servants, and policy and political decision-makers. Mace September 2, 2026 Founded in 2016, Hanbury Strategy employs more than 150 people globally. Mace September 2, 2026 John Bew has joined Brunswick as a senior adviser in its geopolitical practice. Mace August 26, 2026 "Working with the Westminster press pack has been an honour" Mace August 26, 2026 Lexington has yet again strengthened its corporate communications practice with two senior hires Mace August 18, 2026 Miguel Head is returning to London to begin a master's programme Mace August 14, 2026 The deal brings Rich Feuer Anderson's advocacy expertise and regulatory access together with FGS Global's focus on strategic communications, transaction advisory and crisis management. Mace August 14, 2026 Paul McGarry has been appointed media and public affairs manager at Crisis Scotland, having just started in his new role. Lucy Carrier-Pilkington August 14, 2026 The press secretary will be leaving her post at the end of the month Mace August 4, 2026 Zack Polanski has drafted in a new advisor from a former party co-leader. Mace August 3, 2026 After heading the Makerfield by-election comms team, Grace Pritchard was singled out by Andy Burnham as being a key part of his northern campaign team. The self-styled 'Yorkshire

Kim Hughes and Molly Fogarty join Brunswick as partners. Hughes was as vice president of marketing/adtech and corporate communications at AppLovin. Fogarty was head of corporate affairs & sustainability for Nestlé North America. Paul Holmes 01 Sep 2026 // 11:41AM GMT SAN FRANCISCO and WASHINGTON, DC - Brunswick has added two new partners with Kim Hughes joining the San Francisco office after working with AppLovin and Molly Fogarty (pictured) joining in Washington, DC, from Nestlé North America. Hughes brings more than 20 years of experience advising and leading communications for high-growth technology companies, most recently, as vice president of marketing/adtech and corporate communications at AppLovin, where she led a global team spanning corporate communications and adtech marketing. Prior to AppLovin, Kim spent more than 15 years at The Blueshirt Group, where she was managing director of the strategic media Team and advised growth companies and venture capital firms on financial communications, media relations, and high-stakes moments, including IPOs, M&A and SPACs. Fogarty was head of corporate affairs & sustainability for Nestlé North America, reporting directly to the CEO. In that role, she led strategic communications, brand and reputation management and sustainability, while advising senior leadership on issues across government affairs, advocacy, communications, and ESG. Before joining Nestlé, she held roles in government and politics, including with the US Department of Agriculture, the Senate Agriculture Committee, First Lady Laura Bush, and Senator Chuck Hagel. Article tags News direct to your inbox The agency playbook. The PR industry's most comprehensive listing of firms from every region and specialty.