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Gethins joins Pagoda to strengthen PR and public affairs offering

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

December 1, 2008 | 2 min read

Edinburgh-based Pagoda Public Relations has appointed Stephen Gethins as a senior consultant.

Gethins will be tasked with undertaking a wide range of PR and public affairs responsibilities.

He joins Pagoda from Scotland Europa in Brussels, where he has promoted Scottish economic interests with focus on energy and climate change issues since 2007.

A former Head of Press and Communications and subsequently chief of staff for the SNP Group at Westminster, Gathins went onto work in the European Union as a political advisor in the Committee of the Regions. He has also worked as a senior advisor on the SNP’s successful election campaign last year.

Gethins will begin his new role in January next year and follows the agency’s recent appointment by First Scotrail to its PR account.

an Coldwell, managing director of Pagoda, said: “Stephen’s appointment further strengthens our offer to clients of an integrated PR and public affairs approach, focused on Scottish issues”, explained Pagoda PR’s managing director Ian Coldwell.

“Added to this, his experience of energy, renewable and environment issues will be extremely important in what is a growing area of client business for us,” concluded Coldwell.

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