Cohn & Wolfe Group has appointed Helen Ridgway as chief executive officer of European technology agency AxiCom which it acquired seven years ago.

Ridgway is also co-founder of AxiCom and has previously served as UK managing director at the agency. Her client expertise spans enterprise IT, telecoms, electronics, retail and consumer tech, and she has led teams for significant agency clients including ARM, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, Dixons Stores Group and, currently, Tyco and Microsoft Devices Group.