SEC Newgate S.p.A. announced the appointment of Andrea Cornelli to the board of SEC Newgate as Chief Innovation Officer effective from 9 December 2019. Andrea brings a wealth of experience in managing innovative integrated communications programmes to deliver significant strategic advantages to brands and corporations Andrea is a senior manager in the communications industry whose knowhow and experience spans communications technology systems, design information, PR and strategic advice. A prominent communications adviser he has been a juror at numerous international communications awards ceremonies including Cannes Lions PR, Eurobest PR and Sabre PR, amongst others. In 2013 he was appointed Global Partner of the Ketchum international network. After the merger between Ketchum, Fleishmann Hillard and Porter Novelli, in June 2017, he became Executive President of the new entity, Omnicom Public Relations Group (OPRG). As well as holding numerous senior managerial roles, Andrea also has considerable entrepreneurial experience as a founder of C&T in 1981, one of the first Italian companies dedicated to design information and communication technology systems and, until 2019, as President and CEO of Telemacus Srl, a digital market strategy business.