Hill+Knowlton Strategies have appointed Jonathan Brown as Senior Consultant, following a move from Critical Resource.
Before moving into the world of PR and Public Affairs, Brown spent over ten years working for the Foreign Office in a number of different Middle Eastern countries. He joined the Foreign Office just a week after 9/11 and enjoyed a decade that allowed him “to see the full spectrum of human life, from interviewing terrorists in Heathrow interrogation rooms to enjoying a martini with a contact in the private lagoon that surrounds the Bahrain Ritz Carlton”.
He joins H+K to support Managing Director Simon Whitehead in providing stakeholder management counsel to H+K’s defence, energy and industrial and defence clients. Whitehead said of the appointment: “Jonathan is an exceptional public affairs expert whose knowledge of the international political and energy landscapes will further strengthen our ability to deliver deep insight and strategic advice to our clients.”
Jonathan Brown commented: “I very much see my role in H+K as a natural development of my work in the Foreign Office. Fundamentally diplomacy is about strategic communications; creating a narrative, developing alliances and advocating causes. Although the clients may be very different now, the skills are very similar. In fact H+K with its truly global network of offices, offers a career which is, in many ways, more internationally focused than my previous role.”