On the Move: Prosek Picks Fiona Laffan; Finsbury Finds Elizabeth Micci; Inkhouse Rounds Up Rasky's Brendan Monahan; Fandom Hires Condé Nast's Stephanie Fried
Tue., Sep. 10, 2019
By Steve Barnes
Prosek Partners hires Fiona Laffan as London office managing director. She was at Lloyds Banking Group... Finsbury snaps up Elizabeth Micci from Glover Park Group, its WPP sister company... Inkhouse rounds up Rasky's Brendan Monahan... Fandom recruits Condé Nast's Stephanie Fried for chief marketing officer.
Tony Sayegh, who was spokesperson for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, has taken a managing director spot at Teneo. 
Karen Boykin-Towns, who was VP-corporate affairs for Pfizer’s $34B innovate medicines unit and is vice chairman of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, has joined Sard Verbinnen & Co. as senior counselor.
Megan Van Someren, London-based global strategy director at J. Walter Thompson, will join Edelman Oct. 14 as global chair & EMEA lead for its food & beverage group.
Osborn Barr| Paramore to lure visitors to Missouri... French|West|Vaughan launches global ad campaign for Wrangler... 5W Public Relations handled Indie Beauty Expo New York 2019... Sonnhalter adds Cleaning Technologies Group
Boston's Schneider Assocs. relaunches as Belfort Group. CEO Philip Pennellatore bought firm from Joan Schneider last year. She remains executive VP. 
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Philippe Krakowsky, chief strategy & talent officer at Interpublic, has been promoted to COO of the advertising/PR combine.
Jennifer Erickson, General Electric's chief communications officer, is joining Mastercard Sept. 23 as executive VP, global communications.
Education Above All, a Qatar-based non-profit, is seeking a PR agency in the U.S. for a range of communications services.
A former marketing communications executive for Qatar Airways Americas and Hilton pleaded guilty to fraud Sept. 5 in US federal court. She faces up to 20 years in prison.
Arthur Sando, who was PR executive at the fledgling Turner Broadcasting and CNN, died of an apparent heart attack on Sept. 3 at Georgetown University Hospital. He was 71.
Most businesses that have employed inbound marketing strategies to attract and retain customers have seen both leads and conversions increase, according to a recent report.
Meredith's acquisition of Time Inc. isn't reaping the expected financial dividends... Editor & Publisher is purchased by consulting firm Blinder Group, which says it will keep the magainze in print... University of Florida's Brechner Center for Freedom of Information launches online journal dedicated to public informaton accessibility
360PR+ names Erin Weinberg, veteran of Taylor Strategy and United Entertainment Group, New York GM... Hill+Knowlton Strategies picks Markus Hermsen MD and head of technology for Germany, taking over for Romina Gerhards... SRW promotes co-founder & COO Kate Weidner to the helm... Animation studio Laika hires David Burke as CMO. He was Universal Pictures GM for island of Ireland.
Mike Rogers, retired US Navy admiral who served as commander of the US Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, has joined Brunswick Group in its Washington office.
Facebook has doubled down in its political battle over the network’s controversial cryptocurrency venture Libra, hiring two additional lobbying firms to handle blockchain policy and cryptocurrency regulation matters on Capitol Hill.
A Bayer-commissioned probe released today clears FleishmanHillard of illegal behavior regarding its 2016 and 2017 PR activities on behalf of Monsanto.