Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) has strengthened its Technology sector team with the addition of Sana Mehkri, Himali Bhutani and Stephanie Li.

“Technology has become increasingly important as our lives have changed over the pandemic. Our technology communications team embraces technology and understands how to connect it to culture and lifestyles as our world evolves,” said Janice Foreman, Senior Vice-President and National Technology Sector Lead. “Our new team members bring deep expertise in consumer and B2B tech and inspiration to our growing team.”

Sana Mehkri has joined the team as an Account Director bringing a breadth of tech sector expertise in leading integrated communication mandates for clients in the areas of artificial intelligence and AIOps, cybersecurity, cloud computing, financial services, enterprise tech and start-ups, among others. This includes driving executive thought leadership, earned media strategy, corporate communications, brand reputation, and employee experience — including change management programs.

Himali Bhutani has joined the team as a Senior Consultant bringing rich experience in driving communications for companies in areas such as consumer electronics, B2B and B2C software, AR/VR, semiconductors, cyber security, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and scalable start-ups, to name a few. Her areas of expertise include corporate communication, public relations, influencer marketing, analyst relations, employer branding, and social media management.

Stephanie Li has joined the team as an Assistant Consultant, bringing agency experience supporting B2B clients and small to medium-sized businesses in areas such as telecommunications and professional services. She is well-versed in media relations, monitoring and reporting, and social content development.

These new team members join a national technology team that sits in eight offices across Canada including two in Quebec. With a blended approach combining strategy, creativity and innovation underpinned with data + analytics, H+K’s technology team delivers deep sector knowledge and breadth of public relations and public affairs expertise to solve complex communications challenges for our clients. Our ‘breadth and depth’ model allows us to bring together the best expertise and specialisms from across the industry to create agile teams that produce measurable results.