NEW YORK—Arun Sudhaman, who has spent 14 years with ProvokeMedia, most not too long ago as chief govt officer and editor-in-chief, is stepping down so as to take a break and concentrate on some private tasks.
Sudhaman joined what was then The Holmes Report in 2010, as the corporate was increasing from its headquarters in the USA into the UK and Europe. Having led that enlargement from London, he then moved to Hong Kong and led the publication’s enlargement there, establishing it as a genuinely international enterprise.
He additionally performed a management position within the rebranding of The Holmes Report back to grow to be ProvokeMedia, and was instrumental within the creation of PRovokeGlobal, the corporate’s flagship annual convention.
“Below Arun’s management, PRovoke Media established itself as a genuinely international firm, offering the very best high quality information, evaluation and perception into the world’s public relations enterprise,” stated Paul Holmes, founder. “As a journalist and an editor, he’s with out peer in our occupation, and his management has been invaluable. It goes with out saying that he leaves with our gratitude and finest needs.”
Sudhaman will stay in a non-executive management position with PRovoke Media for the subsequent 12 months.
“Because of the indefatigable efforts of PRovoke Media’s good workforce, we have been capable of rework the enterprise and model into the world’s foremost PR media and occasions platform,” stated Sudhaman. “It has been an unimaginable privilege and pleasure to cowl and analyze the PR and communications industries over the previous twenty years, and I might wish to thank Paul Holmes and the PRovoke squad for exhibiting such immense religion in me.”
Previous to becoming a member of the Holmes Report, Arun spent greater than seven years with Haymarket Media in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. He joined Haymarket title PRWeek UK in January 2009, after masking Asia’s media and advertising and marketing panorama at sister Haymarket title Marketing campaign Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Earlier than Haymarket, Arun spent one yr at public relations agency Weber Shandwick throughout its tumultuous mergers with Weber and BSMG. Throughout his profession as a journalist he has appeared on BBC Information and has additionally contributed to The Guardian and the South China Morning Put up, the place he started his profession as a enterprise reporter.
In 2015, Arun turned the youngest-ever inductee into the ICCO Corridor of Fame. He’s additionally a Trustee of the Institute for Public Relations and a PRCA Fellow. On the 2022 PRCA Asia-Pacific Awards, Arun was named Journalist of the 12 months.
Following his departure, PRovokeMedia founder Paul Holmes will step again into the chief govt position.