ICCO Global Awards 2016 recognise consultancy and individual PR excellence
The ICCO Global Awards 2016 saw leading agencies and individuals from across the globe win accolades for effectiveness in PR and communications.
Leading PR attended the ICCO Global Awards 2065 at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel on the evening of Thursday 1st December, hosted by CNN presenter, Hannah Vaughan Jones. Top consultancies, individuals, and networks all competed for awards in 18 categories.
The winners for Regional Independent Consultancy of Year include: Instinctif Partners for the EMEA region, Adfactors PR for the APAC region, and MWWPR in the Americas.
Stephen Thalen of FleishmanHillard won the award for Rising Star of the Year while Rob Flaherty of Ketchum was awarded PR Leader of the Year.
Ketchum walked away with the award for Regional Network of the Year in the Americas, FleishmanHillard in APAC, and Cohn & Wolfe in EMEA.
David Gallagher, CEO, Ketchum Europe and ICCO Jury President said: “I’m delighted to see such a deserving set of cases from around the world recognised in this year’s competition – a reflection not only of high-quality work but of ICCO’s growing influence on the global communications sector.”
The full list of winners is below:
REGIONAL NETWORK OF THE YEAR
EMEA: Cohn & Wolfe
AMERICAS: Ketchum
APAC: FleishmanHillard
REGIONAL INDEPENDENT CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
EMEA: Instinctif Partners
AMERICAS: MWWPR
APAC: Adfactors PR
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – MEDIA RELATIONS
Weber Shandwick – Daughters of Mother India
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – CONSUMER
Cohn & Wolfe – The Swedish Number
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – DIGITAL & NEW MEDIA
MSLGROUP – Always Like A Girl Emojis
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – B2B
Kwittken – 100 Years of Business Travel
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – CSR
MSLGROUP – Always Like A Girl Emojis
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – NOT FOR PROFIT
Weber Shandwick – #BrutalCut
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – TECHNOLOGY
Netprofile – Podcasting a brand into the hearts of hard-to-get B2B professionals
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – CRISIS & ISSUES
Interel Group – Volkswagen and emissions – defusing the crisis in Belgium
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – BROADCAST
Weber Shandwick – Daughters of Mother India
WORLD’S BEST PR CAMPAIGN – HEALTHCARE
FleishmanHillard Fishburn and Ketchum Research – Future Health Index
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
Stephan Thalen
PR LEADER OF THE YEAR
Rob Flaherty
ICCO HALL OF FAME 2016
Karen van Bergen, Omnicom Public Relations Group
Jack Martin, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
David Gallagher, Omnicom Public Relations Group
