The public affairs practice will offer services to a variety of sectors including: communications and public relations; charities; government; not-for-profit; associations; arts & culture; transportation; and education.

Demetre Eliopoulos has been appointed as senior vice-president and managing director for the public affairs consultancy.

Eliopoulos has extensive public affairs experience having previously worked at Maru/Matchbox, Vision Critical and Pollara.

Dr Angus Reid, chair and CEO of Angus Reid Global, said: "It’s our objective to ensure that political leaders, business leaders, policy makers and decision makers have access to superior advice to meet today’s challenges. I selected Demetre to head this practice because of his unparalleled research expertise and deep knowledge in the public affairs space.”