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Public relations and communications consultancy agency

Cook Communications provides corporate and financial communications consultancy and the full range of Public Relations and media relations services. Founded in 2003, Cook Communications has offices in Prague, Budapest and Sofia as well as Bucharest, and has established a proven track record in providing communications services to companies and investors engaged in capital market transactions, M&A, privatisation and public procurement processes across Central Europe. Cook Communications works with clients in the aerospace and defence sectors, private equity, mining, energy and transport, real estate, and consumer goods.

 In Romania, Cook Communications represents Alenia Aeronautica and its C27-J military transport programme, Gripen International, Rolls-Royce Group plc, and Selex Galileo, and has also worked with AAA Auto. Romania country manager Alexandru Alexe was with the Associated Press for seven years, and Roxana Dascalu, formerly with Reuters, is the senior media consultant. Both Alex and Roxana are multi-lingual, and both fully understand the Romanian media environment and how best to position clients.

 "Integrity and professionalism are the foundation of our work," says Joe Cook, founder and managing partner of Cook Communications. "We work closely with our clients to provide them with communications advice and services that directly support their business activities, and we always ensure that senior and experienced consultants work directly with our clients.” Joe is a former journalist with The Economist and the Financial Times who covered Central and Eastern Europe, including Romania, for nine years. He was also the founding Editor-in-Chief of Romania's leading financial daily newspaper Ziarul Financiar. In addition to its offices in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, Cook Communications has business operations in Croatia, Poland and Slovakia.