New York/Munich, 2 April 2020 – Kekst CNC, the global strategic communications consultancy, today announced that Elvira Pignal, Nathan Riggs and Anntal Silver, three senior consulting professionals, have been named Partners of the firm. Effective immediately, the new Partners will further strengthen the firm’s capabilities as it counsels clients through their most pressing communications opportunities and challenges.
“It is a pleasure to promote these three colleagues and have them become partners this year. Elvira, Nathan and Anntal each bring an extensive range of expertise that reflect the depth of talent we have across the firm.”
“Our clients are facing more complex issues than ever before, and it is exciting to have individuals of this calibre supporting them.”
Elvira Pignal, Paris
Elvira leads Kekst CNC’s Paris office and its growing base of client mandates. She has broad expertise in international corporate and strategic communications. She specializes in managing complex mandates, covering corporate affairs, crisis and issues management in multiple geographies.
Between 2016 and 2018, Elvira established and ran CNC’s Mumbai office. Prior to this, she worked for Brunswick Group in London and Brussels. She began her career in opinion and reputation polling.
Elvira has a Master’s degree in International Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. A Swede by nationality, Elvira is fluent in English, French and Danish.
Nathan Riggs, New York
Nathan has more than a decade of experience advising public and private organizations across industries on strategic and financial communications matters, helping to distil highly complex information into simple, powerful narratives to drive value or mitigate crises. In addition to supporting clients in their ongoing strategic communications and investor relations efforts, he has significant experience in M&A, shareholder activism, and crisis communications.
Prior to being named Partner, he spent two years as Chief of Staff to the Co-CEO in New York, working with him on some of the firm’s highest profile mandates, as well supporting the combination of Kekst and CNC in 2018.
Nathan was named one of the 12 “Rising Stars” in PR by the New York Observer in 2016. He holds a BA in English and Politics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Anntal Silver, New York
Anntal advises companies on complex corporate and financial public relations matters, helping them to capitalize on strategic positioning opportunities and to address communications challenges. Her work includes supporting clients on a range of special situations through the development of tailored communications strategies to effectively reach key audiences, including investors, employees, and customers, among others. She has developed significant experience in the areas of M&A, change management, and crisis communications.
Prior to joining Kekst CNC, Anntal was a member of the Alternative Capital Markets team within Goldman Sachs’ Investment Management Division, where she was responsible for marketing the firm’s alternative investments to institutions and high net worth individuals.
She was named one of the top 10 “PR Rising Stars, and All Stars” by the New York Observer in 2015. Anntal holds a B.S.F.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.