Frances Sun SVP

CURRENT POSITION
Frances Sun is currently a Senior Vice President at Hill & Knowlton China. She joined H&K in 2003 and is responsible for crisis and issues management, with particular expertise in media and government relations. An expert in crisis management, Frances is also co- author of the book "Crisis Management: World Famous Examples of Crisis Situations."

Frances was the global KCRM for the Beijing Olympics, lead a global team and provided PR service for BOCOG ( Beijing Organizing Committee of 2008 Olympics).

Frances was responsible for the State Council Information Office (SCIO) appointing H&K to conduct training for Chinese Government spokespersons at central and local levels. She has also been invited  by the Chinese Mayors Association to conduct a series of trainings for mayors across China.

PRIOR HISTORY
Before joining H&K, Frances was a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Prior to that, she was a Deputy General Manager  of a media group's advertising company; Before she became a business manager, she was a successful host of a TV executive talk show, Fortune Salon and Senior Editor of a major PRC media group for ten years.

OTHER INFORMATION
Frances has a BA of Journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai (China))  and an MA in MPA from Harvard University.
She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.