Simone Abt

Simone Abt is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Elettra Communications.

Over the past nine years, Simone has provided PR counsel to some of Canada’s most respected companies, including Starbucks, YVR, Park Royal, JOEY Restaurants, Great Western Brewing, Harry Rosen, Hugo Boss, Warner Bros. Pictures, Zipcar, Fido, and Rogers Communications.

Simone specializes in providing strategic PR direction for product launches and store openings, profile building, community events, and issues and crisis management.

She is a graduate of Simon Fraser University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Gwen Hardy

Gwen Hardy is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Elettra Communications.

Gwen has been providing strategic public relations services to an array of clients for more than ten years. Her current and past clients include Starbucks, Rogers Communications, JOEY Restaurants, YVR, Cadillac Fairview, Vancouver magazine, Investment Agriculture Foundation, Pacific Blue Cross, the Diamond Information Centre, and Coast Mental Health.

She received her accreditation in Public Relations (APR) from the Canadian Public Relations Society, holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Victoria, and is a recipient of Marketing Magazine’s Top 30 Under 30 Award.