Saskia Wallner is a lawyer turned communications consultant more than 25 years ago, when she embarked on her journey as career-changing newbie at Publico, Austria´s then leading PR firm. She worked and grew on clients such as McDonald´s, PwC and CEE´s leading retail bank Erste Group, and developed a strong expertise and footprint in corporate, crisis, and change communications.

In 2010, she took on the leadership as CEO and steered the agency´s transition to what it is today: Ketchum Austria, the most unconventional and awarded agency on the market. Ketchum is doing work that matters for clients in all forms and sizes, from Mastercard to Nespresso, from Accor to P&G. It is Saskia´s ambition with Ketchum to contribute to their client´s success with an earned at the core approach and a strategy that translates creativity into results across all relevant channels.

As Global Partner, Saskia is part of Ketchum´s Global Senior Leadership, working on strategic initiatives in the talent development as well as the client service area, and also overseeing the operation in Brussels.