PRGN appoints Natacha Clarac as new President

Natacha Clarac new President of the Public Relations Global Network

President
Natacha Clarac
Managing Director
Athenora Consulting
Brussels, Belgium

Natacha Clarac, Managing Director of the Athenora Consulting agency in Brussels, is the new President of the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN). With the appointment, she succeeds Andy See Teong Leng, Managing Director of Perspective Strategies in Kuala Lumpur, who now serves as Chairman of the PRGN Advisory Board. The appointment was made at the PRGN Members’ Conference, which this time took place in Hong Kong. PRGN is one of the world’s largest networks of independent PR, public affairs and communications agencies.

Natacha Clarac sees PRGN as a growth accelerator: “We help our clients gain the influence they need to drive their business forward.” Jonathan Klimke, CEO of Industrie-Contact, who has been a member of the network since 2002, explains: “We are looking forward to Natacha’s term of office and are excited about the impetus that she and the other new office holders will bring to the table.”

In addition to the presidency, various management positions have also been filled. Bill Southard, CEO of Southard Communications in New York, replaces Leeza L. Hoyt, CEO of The Hoyt Organization in Los Angeles, as Chair of the Marketing Committee. Leeza Hoyt has chaired the committee for the past six years. The Membership Committee will be chaired by Chuck Norman, CEO of S&A Communications in Raleigh Durham, North Carolina. He replaces David Wills, who held this position for more than five years. The knowledge committee is now chaired by Nick Leighton, CEO of NettResults Middle East, PRGN’s member agency in Dubai. For the past three years, Shannon Quinn, vice president of L.C. Williams & Associates in Chicago, Illinois, has chaired this committee.

About Public Relations Global Network (PRGN)

Founded in 1992, PRGN is one of the world’s largest international networks of independent public relations and communications agencies with around 800 professionals in more than 70 locations. The PRGN partners are independent, owner-managed public relations and marketing communications firms that share their expertise and resources and offer comprehensive communications strategies to their clients around the world.