Ogilvy Public Relations (Ogilvy PR), the global multi-disciplinary communications and advocacy firm, announced, on 16 January, the appointment of Nicolas Acker as European public affairs director based in Brussels. Acker will lead the expansion of Ogilvy’s EU public affairs hub, reporting to Ogilvy PR Brussels Managing Director Jeff Chertack. This appointment, effective immediately, marks the latest step in Ogilvy PR’s public affairs growth strategy in the region. It follows public affairs veteran Chertack’s relocation from Washington DC, and the hire of Downing Street veteran Iain Bundred to London as director of strategic media relations. Acker, a French national, joins most recently from the EU public affairs consultancy Cabinet DN. He previously served in the public affairs practice at Weber Shandwick. ogilvybru.tumblr.com