HEADLINES: Landor hires China beer marketing chief Kennedy

Mark Kennedy is joining branding and design consultancy Landor as its regional marketing director. Kennedy, who was the marketing controller at South African Breweries' joint-venture in Beijing, takes over from David Carlos, who relocated to Landor New York in the same role. Kennedy has client and agency experience, having also worked with Added Value, an agency of the WPP group, to which Landor also belongs.