Rachel Whetstone, senior VP of communications and policy for Google, is moving to Uber in a similar role.
Recode.net first reported that Whetstone will take over for former Obama advisor David Plouffe, who started to stabilize the young company's rocky PR performance last year and will move into a consulting and advising role with the car service company as a board member.
The UK native Whetstone worked in Conservative Party politics and Portland PR before moving to Google in 2005.
She starts at Uber in June and faces a host of policy and other communications challenges, including from Whetstone's employer.
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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