OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2012. PBN H+K Strategies announced the appointment of Evgenia Shipova as Director of Corporate Communications at its Moscow office.

Shipova is a senior strategic communications practitioner with eight years in the profession. She has worked at top agencies in Europe and Russia, including the Paris office of MSLGROUP-Publicis the Moscow offices of both Grayling PR and The PBN Company. Shipova was a Senior Account Supervisor at PBN from 2008-2010.

Shipova will lead a growing team of 10 corporate, financial and crisis communications professionals serving both regional and international clients. Some of PBN H+K Strategies’ corporate communications clients include Abbott, A.T. Kearney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Castorama, Easy Jet, Etihad, Evraz, New Economic School, Platts, Visa and Yota Devices among others.

Shipova will report to Peter Necarsulmer, CEO and Vice-Chairman, and Susan Thurman, President, PBN H+K Strategies, and will work closely with the firm’s global and regional digital, marketing communications and public affairs practices across the CIS, Europe and in the United States.

“Shipova is a known and admired professional at PBN H+K Strategies,” said Necarsulmer. “She is highly skilled and totally dedicated to client service and professional excellence,” he added.

Evgenia Shipova holds a Master’s Degree in B2B marketing from HEC School of Management (Paris, France) and a Bachelor’s Degree in applied linguistics from Moscow State Lomonosov University.