Headland Consultancy has made a number of senior appointments following a raft of wins including Grosvenor, The AA and Legal & General.

Paul Griffin, who joins from Citigate as a director, where he specialised in financial and professional services. At Citigate he advised clients including S&P Capital IQ, Santander and Robert Half. Griffin is the second director to join Headland in the last month, following the appointment of former BBC political and business news correspondent Mike Sergeant.

Tom Lawless, who joins from Blue Rubicon, will be an associate director. During his time at Blue Rubicon he led reputation management briefs for Coca-Cola, Deezer and Diageo.

Rob Bartlett, who also joins from Blue Rubicon, will be an account director. At Blue Rubicon he worked across sectors including financial services, education, retail and property with clients such as Land Securities and McDonald’s.

Francesca Tuckett, who joins from Bell Pottinger, will also be an account director. She has advised clients such as Balfour Beatty and Servefield on all aspects of financial PR, M&A and wider capital markets activity.

Nicole Meadows also joins as an account director. She joins from Edelman where clients included LaSalle Investment Management, Citadel and Glencore. 

Rose Beynon also joins Headland from Edelman as an account director. She brings with her over five years of experience working on corporate communications briefs across the UK, Europe and Asia. Past clients include Emirates, Disney, SC Johnson and HSBC.