Credit360 Takes Chicago CSR Operations Full Circle

Ex-Flag consultant O’Connell heads North America office 

Flag’s recent closure of its small Chicago office, which processed corporate responsibility reports, didn’t necessarily create a vacuum.

That’s because Cambridge, U.K.-headquartered Credit360, which operates a web-based  CSR/sustainability data management and communications system, announced last week that it opened a North American office in Chicago.

Christina O’Connell staffs the Chicago office as Director of Business Development, and Francesca Donati serves as the Manager of Business Development North America.

O’Connell most previously was Flag’s CSR Communications Consultant, based in Chicago.

Donati most previously worked at CSRwire. O’Connell worked for the wire service, too, before transitioning to Flag in September 2005.

Credit360 states that its client base includes Ford Motor Company, Chevron, MEC, Whistler2020, Alliance Boots, ITV, HSBC and ING.

Flag, owned by Australia-based Computershare, shuttered its Chicago office in the summer in what appeared to be a move to sharpen its focus in Europe.