Edelman has named Christopher Vivone as senior vice-president, public affairs, of its newly-opened Ottawa office.
Vivone will work with Darcy Walsh, senior vice-president and general manager, Edelman Ottawa, to build the office, which opened last October.
Bob Richardson, executive vice-president and national practice lead, public affairs, Edelman Canada, says Vivone is “a smart, experienced public affairs practitioner.”
Vivone joins Edelman from Cisco Systems where, since 2012, he was head of government relations and a member of Cisco Canada’s senior leadership team. He was responsible for developing and implementing the organization’s public policy agenda in Canada in the areas of telecommunications, technology procurement, research and development, security and international trade.
Before Cisco, Vivone was the director of government relations at the Railway Association of Canada, an account director at Hill + Knowlton from 2009 to 2012 and a senior policy advisor in the office of the federal Minister of Finance.
