Damouni, ex Reuters, joining Edelman

Nadia Damouni, who left Reuters last week, has been hired as senior vice president of Edelman in its financial communications and special situations offering.

Damouni will start in her new role later in June and will report to Lex Suvanto, managing director of Edelman’s financial communications and special situations offering. She will be based in Edelman’s New York office.

“I am excited to join Edelman’s growing financial communications team at a time when both CEOs and their boards are facing even greater scrutiny and public pressure,” said Damouni in a statement. “Having spent many years writing stories on the successes and pitfalls of corporate strategy, including M&A and contested situations, I have learned how the news is shaped and crafted and look forward to helping my clients communicate effectively.”

At Reuters, Damouni served as corporate board correspondent and team leader for mergers and acquisitions, covering governance of publicly traded boards, shareholder activism and executive management succession planning on S&P and Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Damouni was editor of the Americas for Dealreporter in New York, where she led a team of 10 reporters and wrote market-moving articles about M&A, regulatory, antitrust and recapitalization strategies. Damouni started her career as a political journalist, writing for English-speaking newspapers in Beirut, Lebanon and Amman, Jordan.

Damouni has been nominated for several journalism awards, including a Gerald Loeb Award, and has moderated and presented on dozens of panels around the world, including the World Economic Forum in Davos.