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Burson MENAT names new CEO amid senior departures

Fouad Bou Mansour has joined Burson MENAT as CEO, while senior executives Lisa Welsh, Kirsty O'Connor and Iman Issa are leaving one of the region's biggest PR firms.

Fouad Bou Mansour has joined Burson as Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) CEO, while four senior executives are departing the agency.

The four are chief operating officer Lisa Welsh, regional director of innovation Kirsty O'Connor, group MD Iman Issa and Abu Dhabi SVP Baha Haroun. Of these four, Welsh, O'Connor and Issa all spent several years with Hill & Knowlton in Dubai prior to the merger with Asda'a BCW that created Burson last year.

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