Peter Delevett, an editor and columnist who covered the Silicon Valley venture capital realm for the San Jose Mercury News, has moved to VC giant Intel Capital to direct global marketing and PR.
Delevett penned the Merc's "Wiretap" column and was a political editor and metro columnist for the paper. He is also a freelance travel writer.
IC, the investment arm of semiconductor giant Intel, has pumped $11B into more than 1,300 companies since its 1991 founding, including $333M last year alone.
Delevett, in a thoughtful piece on Redroom.com about his move from journalism to PR, wrote: "I doubt I'll ever fully stop viewing the world, or myself, through a journalist's lens. As I look ahead, I like to think I can help corporate America better understand the role journalists play. In a new phase of my life, amid a new media landscape, I hope to continue to be a story teller and strategist . . . but hopefully, not a spinmeister."
Business leaders will face challenges in the upcoming year, some of which will come as a complete surprise, or beyond anyone's imagination.
Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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