PERTH company Internet Business Corporation Ltd has appointed James Walker as its media and public relations manager for its WA head office.
Mr Walker is a former editor, journalist and media relations consultant.
He has worked with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and for the past three years with the Economist Group in London.
Mr Walker has written for a variety of publications, including Business Asia, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, BBC Focus Magazine, The Journal of Commerce, The Ottawa Citizen, Africa Today and Business Africa.
He has been a contributor to the BBC Online and ebusinessForum websites and has made regular media appearances on CNN, CNBC, CBC, RTE, Bloomberg TV and BBC World, and seminar presentations across Europe.
IBC managing director, Richard Keeves said Mr Walker would coordinate IBC’s corporate media and public relations strategy, and provide strategic business advice.
“We are very fortunate to have recruited a media and public relations executive who possesses the kind of international experience that Mr Walker has,” Mr Keeves said.
