Inaugural ICCO Global Awards 2015 recognise consultancy and individual PR excellence

London 27^th November 2015: The ICCO Global Awards 2015 saw leading agencies, and individuals from across 6 continents win accolades for effectiveness in PR and communications. Leading PR practitioners from across the globe attended the ICCO Global Awards 2015 at the Park Plaza Hotel, Riverbank on the evening of Thursday 26^th November, hosted by BBC personality Helen Fospero. Top consultancies, individuals, and networks all competed for awards in 18 categories. The winners for Independent Consultancy of Year include: Interel Group for the EMEA region, Avian Media for the APAC region and Imagem Corporativa in the Americas. Christopher Onderstall of FleishmanHillard won the award for Rising Star of the Year while Nitin Mantri of Avian Media was awarded PR Leader of the Year. Ketchum walked away with the award for Regional Network of the Year in the Americas, Weber Shandwick in APAC and TRACCS in EMEA. David Gallagher, CEO of Ketchum Europe and ICCO Jury President said: “We believe that effectiveness is the one true and equal parameter we can all be measured by. We wanted to recognise not just the obvious, loudest campaigns but the smartest, most elegant, and highest value work our industry has to offer. Congratulations to all the winners.” Francis Ingham, ICCO Chief Executive, said: “I would like to congratulate the winners, and indeed all of those shortlisted. We are delighted that our inaugural awards have been such a success, celebrating outstanding PR professionalism from around the world. PR is great shape on every continent, and ICCO is proud to help showcase that fact.” The full list of winners is below: Regional Network of the Year Award:       EMEA: TRACCS APAC: Weber Shandwick AMERICAS: Ketchum   Independent Consultancy of the Year Award: EMEA: Interel Group APAC: Avian Media AMERICAS: Imagem Corporativa   World’s Best PR Campaigns Award:         Media Relations: Hill + Knowlton Strategies Consumer: Burson-Marsteller Digital and New Media: MSL Group B2B: NetProfile CSR: The Skills Group Not for profit: CROS Technology: MSL Group Crisis & issues: CROS Broadcast: Lansons Healthcare: FleishmanHillard   Rising Star of the Year Award: Christopher Onderstall, FleishmanHillard   PR Leader of the Year Award: Nitin Mantri, Avian Media   ICCO Hall of Fame: Arun Sudhaman, The Holmes Report Kathy Cripps, PR Council Ray Kotcher, Ketchum Richard Houghton, Agency Doctor Barry Leggetter, AMEC   About ICCO The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) is the voice of public relations consultancies around the world. The ICCO membership comprises national trade associations in 32 countries across the globe in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Collectively, these associations represent some 2,500 PR firms. www.iccopr.com   Press Contact Binta Kristin Hammerich ICCO General Manager binta.hammerich@iccopr.com