HPT poaches Lee to take responsibility for major accounts.(HPT Brand Response and James Lee)

HPT Brand Response has poached James Lee, a senior account director, from Barraclough Hall Woolston Gray, to take care of two heavyweight accounts, Virgin Atlantic and Royal & SunAlliance.

Lee will join the agency next week, having spent four years at BHWG, where he worked on BT, Elida Faberge and Legal & General, among other accounts. He joined the agency as a senior account manager after four years at IMP, where he worked on Mercury Communications, Kodak and Teachers.

Tim Patten, a managing partner of HPT, said: "This is an important role, and over the period of six months or so, we talked to lots of people about it. James is outstanding, and we're very …