IMF selects H&K for global account

GLOBAL - The International Monetary Fund has selected Hill & Knowlton to handle stakeholder outreach strategy across Asia and the Middle East.

Focusing on financial sector issues, the agency has been contracted to devise and implement engagement programmes with opinion formers in the wider financial and economic community, along with the media.

"Whether an advisor, an economic market predictor or buffering a crisis, the IMF plays a crucial role around the world working to stabilise financial markets," said H&K global chairman and CEO Paul Taaffe in a statement. "H&K's regional expertise and global network means the firm is ideally suited to support the IMF in this task."

The one-year contract will be led out of Washington DC H&K executives Dan Morrison and Katthie Boettrich. Dave Robinson, CEO Middle East & Africa for H&K will lead an H&K team across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, while Glenn Schloss, regional director for H&K in Asia-Pacific, will oversee activity in the Far East.