SunEdison, a top solar technology company, has named Britain's Grayling as its agency of record.
The Los Angeles and DC offices of Pete Pedersen's firm will handle traditional/social media activity, thought leadership programs and digital marketing for the Missouri-based client.
SunEdison's Gordon Handelsman, who has the senior director/brand and corporate communications job, said Grayling "won the business because they know our business."
Peter Harris heads Grayling USA.
SunEdison posted a $41.2m loss on $642M second-quarter revenues , a period CEO Ahmad Chatila called "transformational."
Huntsworth owns Grayling.
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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