Headland has hired corporate reputation and public affairs senior adviser Simon Burton from Tesco.

Burton (pictured above) joins Headland, the independent financial and corporate communications agency, as a partner to strengthen the firm’s corporate reputation and public affairs offering.

Burton departs Tesco following two years of leading campaigns and managing Government relations for the grocer across the UK and its global markets. 

Alongside this appointment, Danny Calogero has joined Headland as an account director.

Calogero joins from Prosek Partners, the financial and B2B PR specialists, where he managed account teams across UK and US markets for a range of clients including AllianceBernstein, Janus Capital, Silicon Valley Bank and Stone Harbor Investment Partners.