Cora Klena, senior VP and head of Americas corporate communications for SwissRe, has moved to $23B insurer ACE Group to lead marketing and communications for North America.
Klena, as SVP, reports to vice chairman John Lupica and chief communications officer Patrick McGovern at ACE, the Swiss-headquartered, publicly traded nsurance giant. Its North American operations are based in Philadelphia.
Klena led Swiss Re's insurance, reinsurance and financial products marketing and communications in the US, Canada and Latin America, Earlier stints included USAA's life insurance operation (senior comms. partner) and E*Trade (senior comms. manager).
ACE posted $3.8B in net income in 2013 on gross revenue of nearly $23B.
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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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