Bill Schultz joins EY after 23 years at WE Communications
NEW YORK: Consulting giant EY has hired Bill Schultz as communications leader for the Americas client organization.
Schultz reports to Colleen Tunney-Ryan, EY’s chief communications officer for the Americas.
Schultz stepped into the newly created position in October.
In the role, Schultz serves as a strategic adviser to EY Americas chief client officer Kristin Valente, who was promoted to that position last July. He is responsible for the overall communications strategy for the office of the chief client officer and EY’s industry groups.
Additionally, Schultz oversees a team of 35 staffers that drives thought leadership, external communications, internal communications and engagement strategies with other key constituents such as clients, business organizations and regulators
“The focus of the role is creating an executive communications platform for [Valente] and her leadership, innovating creative internal comms strategies for the organization’s enablement teams and developing external communications campaigns that create market visibility for [Valente] and EY on key industry issues and topics,” Schultz explained.
He added that he is looking forward to helping EY continue to connect with clients on issues that are shaping business, such as “the new presidential administration and generative AI.”
Most recently, Schultz was WE Communications EVP and head of its North America consumer sector. He had worked at the firm since 2001. While there, Schultz worked with agency clients such as Microsoft, McDonald’s, Volvo and Lyft.
Asked who will replace Schultz at WE Communications, an agency spokesperson said Tiffany Cook, president of client development, oversees the consumer and technology sectors for WE.
WE North America CEO Dawn Beauparlant told PRWeek in an emailed statement, “For 23 years, [Schultz] was an integral part of WE Communications. He helped our team and our clients achieve new heights through creative communications campaigns.”
EY reported that for FY24, its revenue rose 3.9% on the previous year to $51.2 billion, the firm’s poorest growth since 2010. And it reported a 4% fall in revenue for consulting and strategy.
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