Kristie Bouryal, who stepped down as senior VP of global corporate communications for Nielsen earlier this year, has been named chief marketing and communications officer for insurer Marsh.
She reports to global sales chief Joe McSweeney, as well as Ed Dandridge, chief communications officer for parent Marsh & McLennan Companies. Her purview includes market communications efforts, as well as internal and external communications for senior executives.
Bouryal made the jump to PR with Nielsen, where she first was on the journalism side as executive editor for its web properties like Billboard.com and Adweek.com.
Previous stints included the Associated Press and ABC News.
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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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