Morrow Sodali has tapped Susan Redden Makatoa as Managing Director to lead a newly created corporate communications practice.
She was most recently Executive Vice President at Edelman, leading the corporate practice across APAC and providing key counsel to leading companies. She is an Adjunct Lecturer for Charles Sturt University and sits on the board of the Touched by Olivia Foundation. She previously held leadership roles at Ogilvy PR and SenateSHJ.
“We have been looking for some time to establish a corporate communications practice, and to have the opportunity to have Susan lead it for us is incredible,” said Morrow Sodali CEO, International Christian Sealey.
“Susan’s experience in guiding clients through the challenges they face is a very rare commodity. She is also a skilled leader and people are incredibly loyal to her. We will be investing further to build a team around Susan which will then combine with our broader financial communications, transactions, shareholder engagement and ESG team of professionals.”
According to the agency, Susan’s corporate communications practice will round out a comprehensive and unique offering from Morrow Sodali, encompassing corporate governance, compensation, ESG, sustainability, proxy solicitation, capital markets intelligence, shareholder and bondholder engagement, M&A, activism and contested situations, financial communications, investor relations , and research.
