RCS - Public Policy Hldg - Appointment of Deputy CFO

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26/05/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 8445M  Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.  26 May 2022

26 May 2022

 

Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.

("PPHC", the "Group" or the "Company")

 

Appointment of Deputy CFO

 

PPHC (AIM: PPHC), a leading bi-partisan, full-service US government affairs
business, has appointed Roel Smits as Deputy Chief Finance Officer, with
immediate effect.

 

Roel joins PPHC from Kantar, the insights and analytics company co-owned by
WPP and Bain Capital, where he performed multiple CFO roles for almost twelve
years, most recently CFO of Kantar Americas. He also spent six years as Senior
Vice President of Corporate Development at WPP, as well as eight years in
private equity with HAL Investments.

 

Roel has extensive experience in M&A and financial leadership, having
received his Masters in Finance from London Business School as well as
studying at Michigan State University and Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

 

Roel will take a lead role in PPHC's existing finance function and provide
further capabilities to help drive the Group's M&A efforts

 

Simon Lee, Chairman of PPHC, said:

 

"Roel is a welcome addition to the PPHC leadership team. He brings significant
expertise in M&A, business development and driving high performance
companies. This will be invaluable as PPHC continues to develop and execute on
its growth strategy."

 

 Enquiries

 

 Public Policy Holding Company Inc.          +1 (202) 688 0020

 Stewart Hall, CEO

 Bill Chess, CFO

 Stifel (Nominated Adviser & Broker)         +44 (0)20 7710 7600

 Fred Walsh, Tom Marsh, Ross Poulley

 Instinctif Partners                         +44 (0)20 7457 2020

 Tim Linacre, Rozi Morris, Guy Scarborough   pphc@instinctif.com

 

About PPHC

PPHC is a leading bi-partisan, full-service US government affairs business. It
operates a portfolio of independent firms offering public affairs, crisis
management, lobbying and advocacy services on behalf of corporate, trade
association and non-profit client organisations. Clients engage the Group to
enhance and defend their reputations, advance policy goals, manage regulatory
risk, or otherwise engage with US federal and state-level policy makers,
stakeholders, media, and directly to the public at large.

Since its inception in 2014, the Group acquired and integrated eight
businesses, now operating as five separate, independent companies, focused at
the federal government level in the US and with expanding reach into key US
states and metropolitan areas. The five operating entities which form the
operating subsidiaries of the Group are Crossroads Strategies LLC, Forbes Tate
Partners LLC, Seven Letter, O'Neill & Associates and Alpine Group Partners
LLC.

 

For more information, see www.pphcompany.com (http://www.pphcompany.com)

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