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January
6, 2010
Global Communicators Names Ivan Butina European
Business Development Analyst
 WASHINGTON,
DC (January 6, 2010)-In a move designed to strengthen its presence
through new business development in Europe, Global Communicators,
LLC, today named Ivan Butina, a graduate of Johns Hopkins' School
of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) who is a native of
Sarajevo and an Italian citizen, to head its European business
development practice.
Mr. Butina
earned a master's degree from SAIS with a specialization in
international economic and European studies. He joined Global
Communicators as a project assistant in September 2009, and
in November he directed Global Communicators' media relations
team at the 10th Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates meeting
in Berlin, chaired by former Soviet president and 1990 Nobel
Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev. Prior to joining Global
Communicators, he worked with the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue
where he focused on EU-U.S. economic relations and the functioning
of U.S. government and government-business relations.
Previously, Mr. Butina worked for the European Union Special
Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he developed
a youth communications strategy to actively involve young
people in their country's EU integration process. He is fluent
in English, Italian and Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian,
and he speaks French and German.
Jim Harff, Global Communicators president and CEO, said, "Ivan
Butina is a bright, energetic and entrepreneurial young European
leader who already has made impressive inroads into private
and public sector business opportunities for our company."
Over the last two decades, executives of the firm have worked
for European clients based in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Kosovo, Switzerland, Germany, and Denmark. While president
of Ruder Finn's Global Public Affairs Division, Mr. Harff's
team won the PRSA Silver Anvil for crisis communications counsel
in Bosnia. Global Communicators' client work over the last
12 years has spanned Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific,
Latin America and North America.
Contact: Jennifer Heuer, jenniferheuer@globalcommunicators.com,
(202) 371-9600.
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