H+K appoints Strategy Director for Brussels
June 4, BRUSSELS – Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K), international public relations agency, has appointed George Candon as Strategy Director, based in Brussels. Candon specializes in designing, developing and driving communications programs both globally and regionally.
“H+K’s global approach enables me to bring my international experience to clients around the world. I’m excited to meet the teams around the H+K network and develop campaigns that resonate globally as well as locally.“ – George Candon, Strategy Director, Brussels
With 20 years’ experience in international communications, Candon has broad expertise across corporate, crisis, political, B2B and B2C comms, brand and reputation management, campaigning, and strategic media relations.
“George’s depth and breadth of communications and political expertise makes him an excellent asset for our clients at H+K. Not only that, he speaks a modest seven languages, making him an incredibly useful resource to our teams around the globe.“ – Lars Erik Grønntun, H+K Global President
Prior to joining H+K, Candon was Managing Director and Head of Crisis Management at FTI Consulting in Brussels, where he was for six years, before which he was head of communications at International Post Corporation. He has appeared several times as a communications and political commentator on Sky News and has considerable experience in coaching c-suite executives in communications strategy and media engagement.
Candon is the founder and chair of the Irish Universities Alumni Association Belgium, chair of the DU Alumni Association Belgium, Vice-Chair of the Communications Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmChamEU), and a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, the Public Relations and Communications Association, and the International Association of Facilitators (IAF).
H+K has offices in more than 40 countries worldwide, delivering award winning campaigns to clients across all sectors and disciplines and with a focus on continued innovation for the industry. Recent innovations include Flight School +, a crisis communications training and simulation tool, Better Impact™, a new approach to brand purpose and CSR, and H+K Smarter™, a behavioral science unit.