B-M welcomes new faces

Burson-Marsteller has hired Adam Blight as head of the Melbourne office and corporate and public affairs manager and Ivana Tranchini as associate in the corporate and public affairs team in
Sydney.

Blight has 11 years of international experience in corporate affairs, issues management, stakeholder engagement and media
and government relations under his belt, according to a press release.
His previous role was as general manager of external affairs with CPA
Australia and he has also worked at Austrade and ASIO in the past.

Tranchini specialises in strategy development, stakeholder relations and brand building. She will work with several key clients including Trust
Company, Siemens and Huawei Technologies.

Meanwhile, client executive Alan McGuiness has left Burson-Marsteller to work in Shanghai at the World Expo. Journalists should contact Lauren Gardiner
for any HP information or product reviews. Her contact details are
lauren.gardiner@bm.com; (02) 9928 1519