Ken Luce named as Hill & Knowlton global COO

Posted to the Holmes Report here

Former Weber Shandwick veteran Ken Luce has been named as Hill & Knowlton’s new global COO, following the high-profile resignations of global CEO Paul Taaffe and US chairman Marylee Sachs.

Luce is the first major hire by new H&K global CEO Jack Martin, whose public affairs agency PSI merged with its WPP sibling in November 2010.

Luce, who spent 14 years in a variety of senior roles at Weber Shandwick, is expected to bring a particular focus to the management and expansion of H&K’s global client relationships – a role he performed with distinction at his former firm. He reports to Martin, and will be largely based at the firm’s New York HQ.