HRYNYSHYN TO BECOME BENCHMARK PORTER NOVELLI PRESIDENT, CEO
By Adnews Staff
Toronto-based public relations agency BenchMark Porter Novelli will start the new year with a new president and chief executive officer. On Jan. 1, Terry Hrynyshyn will replace current president and CEO Stan Didzbalis, who will leave the company. Didzbalis founded BenchMark in September 1992. In January of 2000 the agency merged with Porter Novelli. Senior vice-president Sheila Corriveau will replacing Hrynyshyn as general manager of the Toronto office. "We have a strong management team at BenchMark Porter Novelli which gives me the utmost confidence to step aside in the knowledge that our clients, employees and business partners will succeed under Terry and Sheila's excellent leadership," Didzbalis said. BenchMark's clients include ATI Technologies, CIBC, Clairol, The Gillette Company, Hewlett-Packard and The SteelAlliance.