JIM PEACOCK JOINS HILL & KNOWLTON TO EXPAND ITS CR & SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICE

Hill & Knowlton (H&K) has strengthened its specialist CR & Sustainability team by hiring Jim Peacock as Associate Director. He joins from the Carbon Trust where he was Head of Corporate Communications and Stakeholder Engagement.

Jim is the newest addition to the CR & Sustainability team, which spans all of H&K’s industry sectors and will be working closely with Flic Howard-Allen, Lead Counsel, Sustainability on brands such as P&G, InterContinental Hotels Group and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

Jim brings over 10 years of corporate communications, sustainability strategy and communications experience to H&K, along with a broad range of contacts in the sustainability space,

In his previous role Jim was responsible for national and international strategies to protect and build the corporate reputation of the Carbon Trust Group. This included advising the CEO and Executive Directors on external affairs, communications, crisis management and stakeholder engagement. In this role Jim worked with a wide range of leading brands on their sustainability strategies and communications including Tesco, PepsiCo, and Dyson.

Prior to this, Jim was Corporate Communications Manager at The CarbonNeutral Company, where he was responsible for the public relations and public affairs strategy. It was here that he advised brands such as BSkyB, Berkeley Homes, Virgin Megastores US, Avis Europe and Honda on high profile B2B and B2C communications strategies.

Flic Howard-Allen said, “Jim has worked with some of the most high-profile organisations in the sustainability space and brings with him a wealth of strategic experience, policy understanding and an impressive contacts book. He is a strong addition to our growing team and I look forward to working with him”