Suits & Sayings: Under Wraps

A senior leader at a prominent conglomerate in the throes of a leadership transition has quietly hired a seasoned communications hand to manage his personal profile. The assignment is so hush-hush that the new hire—whose previous appointments invariably arrived with considerable media fanfare—has exited LinkedIn. “The exec has been hired to work under the radar, which is why there was no announcement,” says a person in the know.

(For more on our weekly roundup of wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors & policy parlours, pick up today's edition of The Economic Times newspaper)