Fenton appoints Hertz as UK chair

Public interest communications firm Fenton has appointed Noreena Hertz as its UK chairman. Hertz, a professor of globalisation, sustainability and finance at Duisenberg School of Finance in Amsterdam, advises multinational corporations, NGOs and politicians globally. She is the author of the bestselling The Silent Takeover and IOU: The Debt Threat, which predicted the 2008 financial crisis. Fenton’s London office opened in January with Alison Lucas serving as director.