Glover Park Group Hires Trayner as MD

In the US, communications and government affairs firm The Glover Park Group (GPG) has appointed Graeme Trayner as Managing Director, working across its Research, Creative and Communications teams.

Headquartered in Washington, DC with an office in New York, GPG offers services including public affairs, corporate reputation, opinion research, crisis communications, advertising and brand positioning. Trayner (pictured) joins from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, where he led the Private Sector practice. Before this, he worked in London as a Partner at public affairs consultancy Brunswick, and served as Research Director at Chime Insight and Engagement's Opinion Leader. Trayner began his career in Washington, DC, working for political strategist Stan Greenberg, before serving as Senior Aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair's pollster Philip Gould.

GPG founder and MD Carter Eskew comments: 'One of our founding principles as a firm was that our advice should be based in research and its results measurable, and in our relatively short life as a firm the tools to do that have evolved rapidly. Graeme will be a leader in our constant re-invention of our ability to provide insights and data to help our clients and will be a trusted advisor internally and externally'.

Web site: www.gpg.com .