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Edelman Makes Senior Middle East Financial Hires
Maja Pawinska Sims
Edelman Makes Senior Middle East Financial Hires
The three appointments build on the expansion of the Edelman Smithfield financial communication offering across EMEA.
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Edelman has added three senior hires to its Middle East operations to strengthen its regional financial communications offer.
Simon Hailes joins Edelman Middle East as the new director of financial communications, bringing 20 years of experience in banking, broadcasting and government. He was previously in-house at Barclays for nearly 10 years, latterly as director of group media relations. Hailes (pictured, right) was also a chief press officer at the BBC and for the UK’s Department for Communities and Local Government.
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Edelman Merges Middle East & Africa Operations
Maja Pawinska Sims
Edelman Merges Middle East & Africa Operations
Omar Qirem becomes chief strategy officer for Middle East and Africa while Jordan Rittenberry is now chairman for the region.
LONDON Edelman is merging its Middle East and Africa businesses into one operating entity, and is looking to expand into West Africa.
As part of the integration, Edelman Middle East CEO Omar Qirem becomes chief strategy officer for Middle East and Africa, while Edelman Africa CEO Jordan Rittenberry is now chairman for the region. Both will run the combined business as equal partners and remain in their respective regional leadership roles.