Kane Communications Group, a Milwaukee-based public relations, marketing and branding agency, has acquired Leonard & Finco Public Relations, located in Green Bay.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not released.
Leonard & Finco is an award-winning PR agency with more than three decades of experience across diverse industry sectors. CEO and former TV journalist, Susan Finco, will continue with the company, integrating Leonard & Finco into Kane and serving on Kane’s leadership team. Finco currently serves on many boards, including as lead director for the Green Bay Packers, where she was the first woman on the seven-member executive committee.
Kane’s acquisition of Leonard & Finco is part of a strategic growth plan to expand into new markets and industries.
“I am excited about the synergies these two teams bring to our valued clients with additional service offerings. I look forward to seeing the growth of both Leonard & Finco and Kane through this collaboration,“ says Susan Finco, President of Leonard & Finco.
Leonard & Finco’s Green Bay office will remain open with all employees retained. Additional employees are expected to be hired for the combined companies in the next year.
Leonard & Finco was established in 1992 as a partnership between two former WBAY employees – Charlie Leonard and Susan Finco. Finco took the reins as sole owner in 1999 when Charlie Leonard retired. Since then, the firm has continued to grow.
Today, Leonard & Finco represents global, national, regional and local clients ranging from blue-chip companies to small businesses and nonprofits.
“Susan Finco and the Leonard & Finco team are extremely well-respected leaders in public relations,” said Kimberly Kane, Ppesident and CEO of Kane Communications Group. “Bringing our agencies together allows us to offer clients in both markets an even more powerful mix of service offerings, resources and expertise, including Kane’s focus on ESG and sustainability communications as well as our marketing, advertising, creative and video services,” she adds.
Kane is a recognized leader in strategic public relations and marketing that delivers outcomes for its clients through research-based communications planning; public, media and community relations; brand development; marketing; content development; video production; internal communications; social media; corporate citizenship and sustainability communications; and more.
Scott Bushkie of Cornerstone Business Services assisted Leonard & Finco and Kane Communications Group as the transaction advisor.
