Harold Hamana is a business, marketing and communications professional with 25 years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies across geographies. His extensive background in corporate affairs, government relations, corporate social responsibility, crisis management, branding, executive positioning, stakeholder engagement and product marketing has made him a trusted advisor to C-level executives across diverse industries, such as: healthcare, energy, consumer goods, financial services, tourism and infrastructure.
Hamana has led functional and geographic teams for global consulting firms such as Burson-Marsteller, where he worked in the regional corporate and healthcare groups, and Edelman, where he developed the regional hub operation for Latin America, building a multi-million-dollar award-winning organization that supported acquisitions in Brazil, Colombia, and the agency’s expansion into Data Analytics, Bioscience, and Creative services. Hamana is a founding managing partner at global business consultancy firm Knight & Pawn, which comprises a network of best-in-class operations across markets and specialties.
Hamana has provided counsel for clients such as NBCUniversal, Scripps Networks Interactive, HBO Networks, MTV Networks, Discovery Networks, Shell, Chevron, Microsoft, P&G, eBay, PayPal, General Electric, Yahoo, Sanofi, Diageo, Coty, the Pan American Health Organization, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Roche, Merck, NovoNordisk, Novartis, Teva, Latin American Brewers Association, Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Mexico Tourism Board, Unilever. On the corporate side, before developing a career in consulting services, Hamana worked with the Corporate Affairs team at global oil corporation Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), and was a Technology columnist for national newspaper El Universal in Caracas.
His work has been recognized with multiple industry awards, among them: PR Week, SABRE, and the Bulldog Award for excellence in communications. A passionate believer in the contribution of education to improving society, Hamana serves as professor of Communications Management at the University of Miami and has been an advisor and former board member of the Pan American Health Organization. Hamana holds an M.A. in Communications and Public Relations from the University of Miami, an M.A. in Organizational Communications, and a B.A. in Mass Communications from the Catholic University in Caracas, Venezuela.
