Amy Feng
Amy Feng & Marco Castellani

Amy Feng, who headed investor relations at Shopify, has joined Edelman Smithfield financial communications advisory as executive VP and senior leader in New York.

She also worked at financial PR powerhouses Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher as managing director and Abernathy McGregor as executive VP.

Earlier, Feng did stints at JMP Securities and Lehman Brothers.

Edelman Smithfield, which has more than 250 advisors, also added Citigroup’s Marco Castellani to boost its shareholder activism capabilities.

He was a director in the bank’s shareholder advisory group, focusing on shareholder activism defense and contested M&A.

Castellani was at Boston Consulting Group, handling corporate development, strategy, and turnarounds.