With around 20 consultants in its Paris office, FGS Global continues on its growth path on the French market, two years after its launch
Paris, 27 June 2023 – The leading strategic communications and public affairs consultancy FGS Global is strengthening its senior team in France and is pleased to welcome Robert Amady, an experienced communicator, as a Director in the Paris office since June.
Robert Amady has been Director of Media Relations at Oliver Wyman in France for the past three years. Previously, he spent over twelve years at different communications consultancies such as Citigate Dewe Rogerson and Publicis Consultants, where he was responsible for supporting French and international listed and non-listed corporates in their institutional, corporate, financial and crisis communications.
Géraldine Amiel, founding partner of FGS Global in Paris explained: “With Robert, we were able to gain an extremely experienced and wonderful colleague for our team. He has an excellent understanding of the issues our clients face. His knowledge and expertise make him an ideal addition to our team."
“Robert has experience from the areas of financial communications and M&A transactions as well as on reputation management and sensitive fields of crisis communications. As such, he covers a very significant spectrum of our advisory offering. We are very much looking forward to working with him”, says Sylvain Fort, Partner of FGS Global in Paris.
The strengthening is part of the growth plan that FGS Global has been pursuing since its launch in France about two years ago. The company is already one of the leading brands in the strategic communications consultancy market in France. With around 20 consultants in Paris, FGS Global works for an ever-growing client portfolio of companies in all sectors, from CAC40 and SBF120 groups to start-ups, ETIs, PE funds, international organizations, and trade associations, on their corporate and financial communications programs, major M&A and IPO transactions and sensitive or crisis communication situations.
About Robert Amady
A graduate of EDHEC Business School, Robert spent his first five professional years working in M&A at BNP Paribas Corporate Finance in Paris and New York, then at Aforge Finance in Paris. In 2008, he joined Publicis Consultants, where he worked for large listed and unlisted corporates, as well as PE funds, on both their corporate and financial communications. From 2017 to 2019, he worked at Citigate Dewe Rogerson Paris, where he supported a variety of clients in real estate, investment banking, private equity and consultancy sectors. He then joined Oliver Wyman in-house from 2020 to 2023 as Head of Media France, helping enhance the brand’s profile and visibility in France, as well as position the firm’s industry expertise. In June 2023 he joined the Paris Senior Team at FGS Global.
Contact:
Dirk von Manikowsky
M: +49 (0) 171 120 12 16
E: press-eu@fgsglobal.com
Géraldine Amiel
M: +33 (0) 608 63 99 63
E: Geraldine.Amiel@fgsglobal.com