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Appointment of Deputy CFO
Appointment of Deputy CFO.
About this update from Public Policy Holding Co., Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n 26 May 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.\n \n \n \n (\"PPHC\", the \"Group\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Appointment of Deputy CFO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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.\n \n \n \n \n \n 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. \n \n \n \n \n \n Roel has extensive experience in\n 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.\n \n \n \n \n \n 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\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Simon Lee, Chairman of PPHC, said:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \"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.\" \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Public Policy Holding Company Inc.\n \n \n \n Stewart Hall, CEO\n \n \n Bill Chess, CFO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n +1 (202) 688 0020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Stifel (Nominated Adviser & Broker)\n \n \n \n Fred Walsh, Tom Marsh, Ross Poulley\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n +44 (0)20 7710 7600\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Instinctif Partners\n \n \n \n Tim Linacre, Rozi Morris, Guy Scarborough\n \n \n \n \n +44 (0)20 7457 2020\n \n \n [email protected]\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About PPHC\n \n \n \n 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 corpor...