Gary Stockman, who was global CEO and senior partner at Porter Novelli until 2012, has landed at $13B IT outsourcing services provider CSC as chief marketing and communications officer.
Stockman surprised many in the industry in 2012 when he left PN after four years at the helm and 12 years at the Omnicom firm. He has been running his own shop in the interim. He was previously with PN acquisition Copithorne & Bellows and started out in journalism.
Falls Church, Va.-based CSC, the former Computer Services Corp., is a major government contractor with substantial private sector business as well and counts 79,000 employees.
CSC CEO Mike Lawrie said Stockman's skills will be beneficial as the company combines its global marketing teams and "fully align[s] our brand, messaging and marketing engagement strategy."
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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