HONG KONG — FleishmanHillard has expanded its corporate and public affairs leadership in Hong Kong, Korea and Indonesia, via a series of recent hires.

In Hong Kong, the firm has brought onboard Bruce Wilson and Christina Lai as SVPs. Meanwhile, Jessica Lee has returned to Fleishman as SVP & partner focusing on stakeholder engagement in Seoul, while the agency has also hired Aries Nugroho to lead its operations in Jakarta. 

Wilson joins from Brunswick where he was Asia chief of staff, following a career that has included senior roles in Central Asia and South Africa. Lai was senior director and Hong Kong lead of APCO Worldwide, after a ten-year stint with Standard Chartered.

In Seoul, Lee returns to the firm where she spent 15 years before departing in 2013 to be CEO of the state-owned Seoul Facilities Corporation. In her new Fleishman role, Lee spearheads a specialized public affairs offering, overseeing a new Stakeholder Engagement Centre that focuses on conflict resolution for clients facing extreme challenges in terms of protest movements and other social issues.

Nugroho succeeds Louisa Tuhatu, who founded Fleishman's Jakarta office as GM in 2010 before retiring this summer. Prior to Fleishman, Nugroho was GM of Ogilvy PR Indonesia, and previously served as corporate and public affairs MD at Edelman.