^{(Pictured, from left: Ant Kelaher, Frances Dwyer, Mitch Henderson, Amy Piek)}

Ogilvy PR has announced a number of promotions and hires as it strengthens its corporate leadership structure. This comes following news that current Group MD of Ogilvy PR’s corporate and business practice, Jacquie Potter, will be leaving after nearly 18 years in the business to join ALDI as Director of Communications at the end of March.

With Jacquie's upcoming departure, Ant Kelaher, who previously worked in Ogilvy’s corporate practice and returned to Ogilvy PR in 2021, has been promoted to Group MD of Corporate. Brian Corrigan has also been promoted to Editor-in-Chief, focusing on corporate and business content while also leading the Business Influence team.

Joining the Ogilvy PR corporate team is Frances Dwyer as Head of Corporate, who makes the move from Edelman, while Mitch Henderson starts as Senior Business Director, joining from Meta and previously Teneo in London.

Meanwhile, investor relations and financial communications consultancy, Cannings (part of Ogilvy PR), welcomes back Luis Garcia, who returns as Senior Corporate Counsel after retiring from the Managing Director position in 2023. Cannings has also promoted Amy Piek to Managing Partner, following her return from parental leave, and Will Roberts to Senior Business Director.

Richard Brett, CEO of Ogilvy PR and Ogilvy Health commented that while Potter would be hugely missed, the promotions and hires would further the corporate, business and financial communications offer at Ogilvy PR.
 
"Jacquie has been an incredibly valuable member of our team, being one of our most senior leaders.  Her professional approach, strategic vision and leadership abilities will be missed across the business.  It feels somewhat bittersweet – while we’ll be farewelling her as a colleague, we will then welcome her as a client.  It is a fantastic opportunity for her and she goes with our full blessing.
 
"The fact that she’s leaving to join one of Australia’s leading brands also demonstrates how much the market values the skills and experience our team members gain whilst at Ogilvy. And while we’re sad to say goodbye to Jacquie, we’re similarly looking forward to developing a new team of leaders and corporate experts using our market-leading approaches, as well as deepening our partnership with ALDI.
 
"In the past 18 months, we’ve launched a number of new specialisms within the corporate sector including Business Influence, and our successful Sustainability Practice under Nino Tesoriero’s leadership, both of which have provided clients with a strategic focus on many of the corporate issues, communications challenges and opportunities being faced in the Australian market.  We will continue to bolster these capabilities with these promotions and new hires, and by having our Ogilvy PR and Cannings corporate teams work even closer together.  We’re excited about the breadth of talent already within the agency and our ability to promote within, along with this great new talent we’ve added to the team."