Siegel+Gale Expands Employee Engagement Practice with Appointment of Kerry Held
Aug 22, 2018, 08:00 ET
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Global brand strategy, design and experience firm Siegel+Gale (www.siegelgale.com) today announced the appointment of Kerry Held as strategy director of employee engagement. Held, who joins the New York office, brings 15 years of culture, leadership and change management experience to the firm.
"I am thrilled to join Siegel+Gale, with its rich history in delivering memorable brand experiences for clients," said Held. "In an era when your people are your company's most valuable asset, connecting brand with culture to drive business goals has never been more critical."
Throughout her career, Held has worked alongside senior leadership to implement cultural change and drive better experiences for employees and customers. She has worked across a variety of industries including healthcare, retail, hospitality, B2B and financial services, partnering with clients such as EmblemHealth, Advantage Care, Physician's Group, Northwell Health, Delta Airlines, Topgolf, David Yurman and IHG Hotels.
Commenting on Held's appointment, David Srere, co-CEO and Chief Strategy Officer of Siegel+Gale, said: "Kerry has spent her career helping companies build stellar brands from the inside out. Her passion for people, paired with her expertise in change management, helps deliver premium-quality customer experiences day in and out. We couldn't be more excited at having Kerry lead our employee engagement practice."
Held joins Siegel+Gale from biometric technology company CLEAR, where she served as SVP of employee experience, overseeing the learning and development team. Prior to that, she worked as head of business development with leadership consultancy YSC. Earlier in her career, Held was a founding team member of Hospitality Quotient, the learning and consulting business from Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group.
She holds a BA in History and International Studies from Boston College and has received an executive coach certification from Baruch College.
About Siegel+Gale
Siegel+Gale (www.siegelgale.com) is the simplicity company. We seek it, defend it and embrace it in everything we do to help brands reach their true potential. Simplicity is the centerpiece of the strategies we develop that reveal the unique truths of an organization, the engaging stories we create that connect brands with their audiences and the meaningful experiences we deliver that are both unexpectedly fresh and remarkably clear.
Since 1969, Siegel+Gale has championed simplicity for leading corporations, nonprofits and government organizations worldwide. We have offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai and Beijing, but we're willing to fly just about anywhere. We're also not alone. As part of Brand Consulting Group, a division of Omnicom Group Inc., we have strong partners all around the world.
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