Gregory Papajohn, who led GolinHarris' New York corporate practice until February, has moved to sparkpr to head a new financial tech and social change operation in the Big Apple.
Papajohn was previously a senior VP at Emanate, co-directing its Bank of America work, and handled Digicel and Santander Bank among other GH clients.
San Francisco-based sparkpr said Papajohn, as managing director of financial tech and social innovation, is among a spate of hires on both coasts meant to diversify the tech firm's offerings into areas like healthcare, digital ad/marketing, and broadcast relations.
The 15-year-old firm led by Alan Soucy posted revenue of $11.4M last year with around 50 staffers.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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