Elliotts, the marcoms agency for the food, drink and hospitality sectors, has promoted James Hacon to managing director.

Hacon was previously director of marketing and insights at Elliotts. He joined the agency earlier this year and has overseen projects with clients such as Tragus, Sodexo and Brakes, as well as pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.

Elliotts has also appointed Bernadette Ahmed, former corporate comms manager at Domino’s Pizza and interim head of PR at Ocado, as PR director. Caroline Jameson, previously of Unilever, Ogilvy and BBDO, has been appointed director of insights.