CitySavvy wins mandate to advise Univar Europe

Global chemical sales and marketing company seeks support for its rapid EMEA-wide growth

 

London and Amsterdam, 18th January 2010, – Corporate and financial communications agency CitySavvy, has been retained by Univar Europe, a leading global company specialising in the sales, marketing, application and safe, efficient handling of a wide range of chemicals and ingredients. CitySavvy will support Univar’s ambitious expansion plans throughout the EMEA region. 

“We are thrilled to work with CitySavvy. We are particularly impressed by their creative ideas that demonstrated thorough understanding of our corporate strategy and the complex industry we work in. We are looking forward to a warm and productive working relationship in 2010 and beyond,” says Catherine Lennon, Communications Manager, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Univar Europe.

The account will be led by Director Ruth Reynolds and Account Manager Julian Rea. CitySavvy won the mandate following a competitive pitch.

“The entire team is delighted to be working for such an innovative and dynamic company like Univar. We are looking forward to helping the company continue its growth trajectory,” says CitySavvy Director Ruth Reynolds.

CitySavvy advises a wide variety of clients, including Gruppo Campari, Saxo Bank, EMCF, ETF Securities, Empac, Deloitte, The Riverside Company, ARCADIS and ING Wholesale Banking. The agency recently announced it would merge with Dutch financial communications advisory firm Investor Voice, creating a top-tier agency in the corporate and financial communications field.  

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About Univar

Univar is a leading global company specialising in the sales, marketing, application and safe, efficient handling of a wide range of chemicals and ingredients.. Univar provides its customer base, made up of 250,000 customers, with a full portfolio of products. Univar operates a network of approximately 170 distribution centres throughout North America, Europe and China. In 2008, Univar reported sales of $9.4 billion. For more information, visit: http://www.univareurope.com/ / http://www.univarcorp.com/.

 

About CitySavvy

CitySavvy (www.citysavvy.com) is a full-service corporate and financial communications agency with offices in London and Amsterdam. It provides financial and corporate public relations, investor relations and internal communications. The team is made up of former bankers and financial journalists who have worked for major international news organisations including the FT, Reuters and Bloomberg, as well as PR professionals from global agencies.

 

For further information please contact:

Jana Sanchez, CitySavvy

Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7395 1000

Email: jana@citysavvy.com