Krista Webster and Joe Chidley Announcement in the Globe and Mail       

Beverley Hammond, President and CEO of Veritas Communications Inc. is pleased to announce the appointments of Krista Webster to the position of Executive Vice President and Partner, and Joe Chidley to Senior Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs.

Named one of US PRWeek's Top 40 Under 40, Krista has more than 15 years of marketing communications experience in consumer public relations and influencer marketing. She started her career in journalism and spent the last 10 years with a leading international communications firm where she managed the North American Consumer Practice, served as global beauty director and managed global Procter & Gamble assignments. Krista will help build the Veritas North America platform.

Joe Chidley brings more than two decades of high-profile journalism experience to Veritas. During his ten years as editor-in-chief of Canadian Business Magazine, it was named the most influential business magazine in the country and won numerous national media awards. Most recently, Joe held the post of Associate Publisher and Editor, Special Projects for both Maclean’s and Canadian Business.

Veritas is a leading Public Relations, Public Affairs and Influencer Marketing agency serving Fortune 500 clients across a variety of industries. Veritas is a member of the MDC Partners network. MDC champions the most innovative entrepreneurial talent through its partner agencies in North America, Europe and Latin America. MDC is publicly traded on the NASDAQ (MDCA) and on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MDZ.A)
 

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