Nokia reshuffles comms heads, calls international review

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Nokia UK and Ireland comms chief Anna Shipley has departed her role for a new position in Bejing, overseeing  the mobile phone giant’s PR across China, Japan and Korea.

The reshuffle, which has also seen Shipley’s Beijing-based predecessor Louise Ingram shift to Nokia’s Finland HQ to head global mobile phone comms, comes as the company searches for one agency to support its PR needs across the US, UK and head office. Currently, three agencies – Ketchum, Good Relations and GolinHarris – handle the separate briefs.

Harvard’s Lee Brooke quits for global role at Nokia

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Lee Brooke has quit his role as MD of Bell Pottinger technology arm Harvard PR for a global role with mobile giant Nokia in Finland.

Brooke will depart Harvard and the UK to become global comms director for Nokia’s new mobile solutions group in November, two years after he joined the agency.