South Africa, Jan. 30 -- James joins Razor from Accenture Song, where she was group managing director in South Africa.

She is also a board member of the Association for Communications and Advertising South Africa (ACA).

Dustin Chick will become chief executive.

Chick founded the agency with partners Christopher Lazley, executive creative director, and Kalay Maistry , head of client services in January 2020.

Critical skills for a more complicated world

"James brings with her a set of critical skills we believe we need in a more complicated world, where PR continues to evolve so rapidly.

"Sharleen's exceptional client services smarts, her sound, fair and kind leadership style and her ability to manage the demands of both scale and com...