Public Relations Organisation
International Appoints New Executive Team
PROI Worldwide HQ. (September 18, 2007) – The management board of
Public Relations Organisation International (PROI) has announced the appointment
of a new executive team. The team will be led by Bill Carlson as new president
of the 46 member group, which is the largest global partnership of independent
public relations firms, with combined 2006 fee income in excess of $230-million
USD. Carlson, who is also president of Florida-based Tucker/Hall, Inc., succeeds
Jean-Léopold Schuybroek, CEO of Belgian Interel Public Relations and Public
Affairs, and will serve as PROI president through 2009. In a separate
appointment, Jean Leopold Schuybroek was appointed PROI’s Chair of International
Development.
"PROI is in an exciting period of growth," said Carlson. "We are adding many
new partners in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe who are among the most
successful independent public relations firms in the world. More than ever
before, clients are demanding global communications solutions, but they also
want the creativity and entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving that only
independent firms can bring. As leaders in communications in their own
countries, PROI partners are uniquely suited to deliver quality service
worldwide.”
Carlson will be supported by the following newly appointed regional
vice-presidents: Philip Roffey, vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa
and also partner of i&e Consultants in Paris, France; Andreas Fisher-Appelt,
vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa and also managing director of
fischerAppelt Kommunikation, GmbH in Hamburg, Germany; Bob D. Frause, APR,
Fellow PRSA, vice president of The Americas and also president and CEO of The
Frause Group located in Seattle, USA; Joanne Paquet, vice president of The
Americas as well as president of Enigma Communications Inc. in Montreal, Canada;
Alistair Nicholas, vice president of Asia-Pacific and also managing director of
AC Capital Strategic Public Relations in Beijing, China; as well as Sharif
Rangnekar, vice president of Asia-Pacific and director and CEO of Integral PR
Services Pvt Ltd. in New Delhi, India.
About PROI Founded in 1970, PROI is the world's oldest partnership of
independent public relations firms. Many PROI partners are the leading PR or
public affairs firms in their country or market. PROI has 46 partners in more
than 75 cities in 27 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South
America. Its partners billed $230 million in fee income in 2006 and serve more
than 2,000 clients around the world.
