Rachel Jackson has been poached from BAA to join cruise company Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, as PR manager. She replaces the retiring Wendy Hooper-Green. (Source: PR Week)

Sanofi Aventis has hired Ian Weatherhead as its new director of comms. He will start in October. (Source: PR Week)

Samantha Day will leave EasyJet to become the PR manager of Autoglass. Day had been at the airline since its launch in 1995. (Source: PR Week)

Chris Cook is to become head of communications at the Russian wireless broadband internet company Yota. His responsibilities will include global public relations and digital communications. (Source: PR Week)