Birmingham-based insurance, financial and professional services marketing specialist, M Consulting, has strengthened its team with the appointment of Claire Clarke as head of PR and communications and Mark Burns as marketing communications executive.

Claire joins the team having spent three years as media & PR manager for the Midlands region of global professional services firm, Deloitte and as a part of the businessto-business team at McCann-Erickson PR in Birmingham. She joins M Consulting to develop and manage clients' PR and communications activities.

Mark has completed a Masters in Marketing from the University of Birmingham and will be assisting with the team's marketing activities, including marketing analysis, strategy plans and research and direct mail campaigns.

Steve Manton, chief executive of M Consulting, comments: "Claire's experience in professional services PR, and within the Midlands region, strengthens our sector expertise further and Mark's recent completion of a Masters in Marketing gives additional support to the work we do for our clients." Mark Burns and Claire Clarke