With the departure of Scott Vazin for Toyota, Volkswagen has elevated international communications head Mario Guerreiro to its top American PR slot.
Guerreiro, a Portugal native who has been stationed in VW's home country of Germany as head of international communications, is slated to move to Volkswagen Group of America in Herndon, Va., Oct. 1 as executive VP to head communications for the group and brand stateside, including PR, corporate media relations and internal comms.
Volkswagen makes cars in Chattanooga, Tenn., and counts 6,000 US employees and
around 1,000 dealers. In addition to the flagship VW, it owns Audi, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini.
Guerreiro is a former auto journalist who did director of comms. stints at Audi in Los Angeles and Volkswagen's Spanish carmaker SEAT S.A.
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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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