Manning Selvage & Lee Appoints New Planning Director in London

Manning Selvage & Lee’s (MS&L) London office today announced the appointment of Dominic Payling as Planning Director. Payling will begin working with MS&L in early May.

Prior to joining MS&L, Payling was a Board Director at Consolidated, where he was responsible for the management and running of the Planning team, supporting both current client work and new business generation. Dominic is a specialist in strategic thinking, insight analysis and the mapping of key trends.

Payling has extensive experience in in-house marketing, market research and agency planning across consumer and b2b markets. Throughout his 17 year career he has worked with a wide variety of clients, including: Amex, Audi, Cadbury and Vodafone.

“I’m very pleased to be welcoming Dominic to the company. He has a proven track record in a planning function within a public relations agency. This combination is quite unique in the PR industry,” said Stuart Wilson, CEO of MS&L London. “Given that planning sits at the heart of the work we undertake for our clients, as well as our new business activity, having Dominic on board strengthens our core team and our ability to continue to grow our client base.”    

Commenting on his appointment as Planning Director, Payling said: “I’m very pleased to be joining the MS&L team. It’s great to be part of an agency that’s so committed to Planning and is willing to invest in ensuring it is gold standard. I am looking forward to working with my new colleagues in London and those in the wider MS&L global network.”   

Payling will become part of MS&L’s Senior Management Team. He replaces Natalie Godfrey who left the agency earlier this year.

About Manning Selvage & Lee
MS&L is one of the world's leading global communications firms. Headquartered in New York, MS&L has 54 offices throughout North America, Latin America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific, as well as an extensive global affiliate network.  The agency meets the needs of global and local clients by providing best-in-class services in consumer marketing PR, healthcare PR, corporate communications and technology communications, as well as industry-leading work in digital communications.  MS&L won PRWeek's Best Use of Internet/New Media Award in both 2006 and 2007.

MS&L is a member of the Publicis Groupe (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577), the world’s fourth largest communications group, and a global leader in digital and online advertising, media consulting, and healthcare communications. With some 42,000 professionals in 104 countries, the Groupe's activities cover advertising through three global advertising networks:  Leo Burnett, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, as well as through its two multi-hub networks Fallon Worldwide and 49%-owned Bartle Bogle Hegarty; media agencies with two worldwide networks ZenithOptimedia and Starcom MediaVest Group; and marketing services, including digital and interactive communications through Digitas, relationship and direct marketing, public and media relations, corporate and financial communications, multicultural communications, and event communications. The Groupe is also the world leader in healthcare communications. Web site: www.publicisgroupe.com.

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