Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated announced the appointment of Laura Vallis to the role of Head of Communications. Effective April 3, she will be responsible for leading the globally integrated strategy, implementation and delivery of communications to employees, partners and external audiences. She will report to Chief Marketing Officer Siddharth Taparia and will be based in New York.

Vallis brings a broad global perspective across many industries and areas of expertise to JLL. She was most recently the first Chief Communications Officer at Manulife, where she established an integrated global communications function for the company. Previously, she was Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Communications for Barclays' Corporate & Investment Bank.

She also served as Chief of Staff to the President of Dow Jones and has extensive consumer packaged goods experience, having spent much of her early career in corporate affairs leadership roles with AB InBev. Vallis holds an MBA from London Business School and an Honours BA from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.