Research and advisory company, Gartner, has appointed Emma Keen as Director, Public Relations (Asia Pacific). Based in Sydney, Emma has been contracting with the company for the past 12 years doing ANZ public relations. She has over 25 years’ experience in IT marketing, PR and communications throughout Asia Pacific and has held a variety of regional in-house marketing, PR and communications roles with VeriSign, MessageLabs, Symantec and the NSW Department of Customer Service, as well as PR agency roles.