PRmoment India: Nitin Mantri becomes ICCO President

Nitin Mantri becomes ICCO President, first Asian to occupy the role

 Paarul Chand, PRmoment India, October 10 2019

Lisbon, October 9 -- The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) has welcomed a new leadership team. Nitin Mantri, Group CEO, Avian WE, has become president of ICCO, while the organisation’s new vice-president is Grzegorz Szczepanski, CEO, Hill + Knowlton Strategies Poland. Mantri is the first Asian to hold this position.

The appointments were announced at the ICCO Global Summit in Lisbon this week.

New ICCO President Nitin Mantri calls for greater focus on ethics at Lisbon Summit

The role of ICCO President is to lead the strategic vision and direction of the organisation, uniting a diverse membership around the most critical global PR issues. Mantri’s message to ICCO members focused on increasing visibility for the role and value of public relations by raising the industry’s ethical standards and instilling a sense of purpose in PR professionals to build a better world.

Mantri says “Our focus would be to promote professional principles such as honesty and transparency at all times. At the same time, we would focus on communicating the strong value proposition we offer to businesses by helping brands to define their purpose in a way that is meaningful to society.”