Andrea Dawson-Shepherd, who led corporate affairs for Denmark-based brewer Carlsberg Group, has moved to cosmetics giant Coty as senior VP of corporate affairs, a new post under interim CEO Bart Becht.
Coty is in the process of integrating its $12.5B acquistion of Procter & Gamble's beauty brands, including cosmetics, fragrances and hair color products.
New York-based, Paris-founded Coty posted $4.5B in revenues for fiscal 2015 and said the P&G deal will double its income. The company is publicly traded on the Nasdaq and its beauty brands include adidas, Marc Jacobs and Calvin Klein.
The UK-educated Dawson-Shepherd was senior VP of global communication and affairs for Reckitt Benckiser in the UK and held comms. roles with Cadbury Schweppes and Hedron Consulting.
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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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