Jay Leveton, a Burson-Marsteller executive VP and veteran of its Penn Schoen Berland research unit, has been elevated to interim CEO of PSB, following the exits of partners Mark Penn for Microsoft and Michael Berland for Edelman.
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Leveton has spent his entire 15-year career with PSB and B-M, both WPP units, running the PR firm’s advertising, digital, consumer brand marketing, and media practices and handling research for corporate and Democratic political clients at PSB.
Leveton, who retains his EVP role, reports to B-M president/CEO Donald Baer.
“He is the right person to work with me and others to guide PSB through a successful transition as we move quickly to put in place a longer term leadership plan,” said Baer, who noted Leveton’s “thorough mastery” of PSB’s operations.