Leo Rayman and Peter Jacob To Join Weber Shandwick as EMEA Insight and Planning Director and EMEA New Business Director

Friday, January 04, 2008 LONDON, January 4, 2008 - Weber Shandwick announced today two senior Pan-European appointments to its EMEA Growth Team. Leo Rayman will join the company as EMEA Insight and Planning Director and Peter Jacob will be joining as EMEA New Business Director. Both will report to Richard Moss Executive Vice-President, European Brand Programmes.

Rayman is currently Strategy Director at Advertising Agency, DDB London. He will be responsible for building the insight and strategic capabilities of Weber Shandwick for blue chip clients across EMEA. At DDB, Rayman has been responsible for brand strategy, integrated communications planning and research. He has worked across a client portfolio including Volkswagen, Anheuser Busch and Dell. Prior to his time at DDB, Rayman spent five years at WWAV Rapp Collins.

Commenting on the appointment, Richard Moss said, “As brand owners increasingly recognise advocacy as their most effective communication channel, they are demanding new levels of strategic counsel and insight from their PR agencies. We are delighted to welcome somebody of Leo’s quality and experience to Weber Shandwick to support us in guiding clients through this exciting world.”

Jacob is currently EMEA Sales and Marketing Director at Text 100. He will be responsible for Pan EMEA new business development at Weber Shandwick, building new business capabilities at a local and regional level and forging close and productive relationships with the wider Interpublic Group of companies. At Text 100, Jacob was responsible for working across 11 offices, coordinating new business and marketing efforts and building agency collaboration.

“We are delighted to attract someone of Peter’s calibre to take up such an important role in Weber Shandwick. Peter has a formidable track record and a first class understanding of how to build new business across EMEA. He will be an enormous asset to our company,” said Moss. About Weber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick is a leading global public relations agency with offices in over 79 markets around the world. The firm’s reputation is built on its deep commitment to client service, creativity, collaboration and harnessing the power of Advocates - engaging stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputation. Weber Shandwick provides strategy and execution across world-class practices such as consumer marketing, healthcare, technology, public affairs, corporate/financial and crisis management. Its specialized services include digital/social media, advertising, market research, and corporate responsibility. Weber Shandwick received the highest client-satisfaction honors in the 2007 Agency Excellence Survey by PRWeek U.S. and in 2006, was named Large PR Firm of the Year (PR News U.S.), European Consultancy of the Year (The Holmes Report) and Network of the Year (Asia Pacific PR Awards). The firm also won the United Nations Grand Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Relations for the past three years. Weber Shandwick is part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). For more information, visit http://www.webershandwick.com/.