Chris Komisarjevsky
President & CEO Worldwide of Burson Marsteller, Chris Komisarjevsky was previously president and CEO of Burson-Marsteller USA. Until 1995, Mr. Komisarjevsky was president and CEO at Gavin Anderson & Company, a public relations subsidiary of Omnicom.
Before that, Mr. Komisarjevsky held senior positions at Hill and Knowlton, Inc. Over 20 years at H&K, he served as president and CEO of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa operations, was CEO of its Carl Byoir & Associates subsidiary, was head of the firm's New York office and head of its corporate practice.
During his career, Mr. Komisarjevsky has been responsible for public relations and public affairs activities for major corporate and trade association clients in financial services, building materials, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, health care, communications, real estate, management consulting and consumer products. He has had extensive experience in crisis management and labour negotiations.