(January 19, 2016) Arcadis (Euronext: arcad), the leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets, today announced that it has appointed Jeremy Cohen as the Global Director Marketing and Communications per February 1 2016, reporting directly to Arcadis CEO Neil McArthur. Mr. Cohen succeeds Philip Youell who retired in October 2015. In his new role Mr. Cohen will also become a member of the Arcadis Senior Management Committee.
Mr. Cohen joins Arcadis from Edelman, the world's largest PR firm, where he was most recently Global Director of Strategy & Operations for Edelman Business + Social Purpose. Prior to Edelman he held senior communications and brand roles at global organizations including Shell, Philips and SWIFT. Throughout his career he has developed a reputation as an expert in corporate communications, branding, media relations and sustainability.
"I couldn't be more excited to be joining Arcadis and applying my experience to further build the Arcadis brand and strengthening the way the company communicates with all its stakeholders," said Mr. Cohen. "Following the recent brand refresh, there is an excellent opportunity to increase connectivity inside the organization, and ensure clients understand the value Arcadis can add. Arcadis' ambition is to be the best and I aim to ensure that the Marketing and Communications function plays a critical role in delivering against that ambition."
Neil McArthur commented: "We are pleased that Jeremy has chosen to further strengthen the Arcadis leadership team. We welcome his insights and broad experience across branding, marketing and communications. I look forward to working with him to further enhance our positioning, reach and visibility."
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Joost Slooten, Arcadis at +31-202011083 or outside office hours at +31-627061880 or joost.slooten@arcadis.com.
About Arcadis
Arcadis is the leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets. Applying our deep market sector insights and collective design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services we work in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes throughout the lifecycle of their natural and built assets. We are 28,000 people active in over 70 countries that generate more than €3 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. www.arcadis.com (http://www.arcadis.com). Arcadis. Improving quality of life.
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Source: Arcadis N.V. via Globenewswire
