_{(Pead's leadership team, from left to right: Jack Wheeler, Sarah Munnik, Anna Farrera, Deborah Pead, Louisa Kraitzick and Spring Zhu)}

Aoteoroa communications and PR agency, Pead, has expanded its leadership team, naming a new Partner.

After starting in the agency as an intern nearly 12 years ago, Jack Wheeler has been promoted to Partner - Corporate and has a financial stake in the business.

During Jack’s time at Pead he has worked across multiple teams and for a wide range of Kiwi and international businesses, with his consultancy work spanning stakeholder engagement, media relations, issues management and digital content.

Deborah Pead, Executive Chair, says Jack is valued not only for his strategic skills and great service delivery, but also for the impact he has made to the Pead culture: “It is a pleasure to welcome Jack as a shareholder and Partner in the business. It’s a demonstration of how we build careers at Pead, and I find this step in my personal succession planning most gratifying."

Jack joins Louisa Kraitzick, Partner - Corporate & Digital, to fuel the next stage of Pead’s corporate offering, and sits alongside Anna Farrera and Sarah Munnik, who lead Pead’s consumer and creative offering, as well as Spring Zhu, Partner - Finance.