Chief Executive of Kinross & Render Ltd., UK
Director and Shareholder of ECCO International Public Relations
In 1987 Sara co-founded Kinross & Render Ltd. Since that time she has directed major PR and marketing programmes for a range of clients, including Allied Domecq, Barclays, Livingwell Health & Leisure, Energis, Shell UK, Pace Micro Technology, The King’s Fund, St. Thomas’ Hospital and The Mental Health Foundation. Client accounts that Sara currently leads range from Europe’s leading online community for doctors, Doctors.net to Energis. Sara also writes regularly for The Daily Telegraph, Business Voice and a range of lifestyle publications on issues as diverse as digital communications and corporate ethics. Kinross & Render joined ECCO in 1999 as the UK agency and also hosts its European headquarters.
Thierry Wellhoff
Chairman and Managing Director of Wellcom, France
Director and Shareholder of ECCO International Public Relations
Thierry Wellhoff began his career at the French Press Agency, AFP. Further to this experience, he worked in several advertising and public relations agencies until he founded his own communications agency, Wellcom, in 1981.
Wellcom provides strategic communications programmes to companies in several sectors including B2B and consumer. It has a particular focus on new technologies, was one of the first French communication agencies to have a website and as early as 1996, created Pressonline, an online press office for journalists and clients. In addition, Thierry Wellhoff has shared his communications experience through two books : “15 ans de Signatures Publicitaires” (15 years of advertising marks – Dunod Publising) written in 1991 and “La Démarche de la Valeur” (the value process) in 1995.
Christian Kollmann
Chairman: communication matters – Austria
Shareholder of ECCO International Public Relations
communication matters has been among the leading PR agencies in Austria since its foundation in 1999 by Christian Kollmann and Peter Menasse. The traditionally close contacts between Austria and the new EU member countries make communication matters an ideal partner for activities in these markets.
Anja Feuerabend
Director: Relatio PR – Munich
Shareholder of ECCO International Public Relations
Anja heads the operations of Relatio PR based in Munich and Berlin. She set up Relatio in 1994. Relatio is today one of the leading owner managed PR agencies in Germany and has specialist expertise in financial, political and healthcare PR. Anja learned her PR skills at Ketchum PR after having studied marketing communications, public relations and media marketing in Munich.
