Jeff DeMarrais, chief communications officer for GE Healthcare, has moved to software giant CA Technologies as senior VP and CCO.
He replaces Ronald Alepian, who held the top comms. post for the past year and a half and has left the company.
DeMarrais started out in GE's NBC corporate communications unit before moving to GE corporate in 1999, handling internal and external comms. for various units of the conglomerate (transportation, plastics, infrastructure) over 18 years. His career began in PR with John Wiley & Sons.
CAT, the former Computer Associates, posted revenues of $4.2B for fiscal 2015. DeMarrais reports to CMO Lauren Flaherty.
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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