HILL & KNOWLTON WINS UK BRIEF FROM HYMANS ROBERTSON LLP
Tuesday 16 February 2010
Hill & Knowlton’s (H&K) Financial & Professional Services team has been appointed by Hymans Robertson, the UK’s leading independent experts in benefits and investments, and its sister company Club Vita, as PR advisers on a retained basis. The appointment came after a competitive pitch process.
Hymans Robertson is one of the longest established independent consulting and actuarial firms in the UK. It offers a full range of services to pension schemes including the provision of actuarial and investment consultancy, pension scheme design and management as well as third party administration. Club Vita, which was established in 2008, is the only company dedicated to providing longevity services to occupational pension schemes.
The win is part of the ongoing expansion of H&K’s Financial & Professional Services team in the UK. Led by Ben Curson, Managing Director, the team will report to Terri Lucas, Clients and Markets Director and Partner at Hymans Robertson. Ben Curson will be supported by Julie Hammerton, who will lead the team on a day-to-day basis.
Terri Lucas comments: “The H&K team demonstrated a creative, focused and insightful approach to PR. They provided an integrated team offering a range of PR services including public affairs. We believe they have both the expertise and the detailed knowledge of the pensions and investment sector required to strengthen Hymans Robertson’s profile among key audiences.”
Ben Curson added “The pensions and investment sector is fertile ground for high profile PR campaigns, with developments such as the proposed introduction of personal accounts, and the ongoing challenge of widespread corporate pensions deficits. We look forward to delivering a PR programme that will highlight Hymans Robertson’s unique service offerings to a variety of media and stakeholders.”
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For further information contact:
Sam Lythgoe/Ben Curson
Managing Director, Professional & Financial Services
Hill & Knowlton
Tel: +44 (0)20 7 413 3000
About Hill & Knowlton
Hill & Knowlton (www.hillandknowlton.co.uk) is a leading international communications consultancy, providing services to local, multinational and global clients. The firm is headquartered in New York, with 71 offices in 43 countries, as well as an extensive associate network. The agency is part of WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY, www.wpp.com), one of the world’s largest communications services groups.
About Hymans Robertson LLP (www.hymans.co.uk)
Established in 1921, today Hymans Robertson is a limited liability partnership and is one of the longest established independent consulting and actuarial firms in the UK. The firm offers a full range of services including the provision of actuarial, investment consultancy, administration and general consultancy services to defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes.
Employing some 490 staff in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Birmingham, the firm has a client base including companies in the FTSE 100, the FTSE 250, Local Authority Pensions Funds, Police and Fire pensions schemes, NHS and teacher’s schemes and privately owned firms.
Hymans Robertson was recently awarded “Actuarial Consultancy of the Year” at the UK Pensions Awards 2009, “Investment Consultancy of the Year” at the PIPA awards 2009, and has received a One Star Rating from Best Companies.
