Elan Shou rejoins Ruder Finn

April 20, 2010

Elan Shou has re-joined Ruder Finn as Managing Director, Training and Offerings, Ruder Finn China. Before her return, Elan was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Fleishman-Hillard Shanghai.  Elan worked for Ruder Finn from 2001 to 2008, heading Ruder Finn Shanghai for five years, and growing the 10 people office to a 50-staff operation, renowned for their strategic and quality work. 

With over ten years extensive experiences in corporate and marketing communications, Elan specializes in reputation management and brand building, and has provided strategic consultation for clients in a variety of sectors including corporate, finance, premier consumer, healthcare, auto, travel and tourism, and government. Elan has also accumulated a wide experience in managing crisis in China and has managed issues and crisis covering market withdrawal, product recalls, consumer complaints, litigation, blackmail and others.

Elan will be based in Shanghai and her new role will cover internal and external training programs development for extensive areas of communication; new communications product development as well as marketing Ruder Finn.

“I am ecstatic to work again with Elan, and her return is a strong statement of the corporate culture that Ruder Finn has developed.” says Jean-Michel Dumont, Chairman Ruder Finn Asia. “Elan’s extensive experience will certainly play an important role in enhancing our strengths and expertise, and in sustaining the explosive growth that we have experienced over the last 12 months.”