Jack Evans, a communications director for public affairs at Microsoft, is stepping down for the VP, comms. and PA, slot at timber and wood products titan Weyerhaeuser this month.
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Evans spent the last decade at Microsoft, heading a comms. unit in its legal and corporate affairs department, including competition, antitrust and other litigation issues.
He previously managed media relations for the US airline trade group Airlines for America after a stint in corporate comms. with Alaska Airlines. He moved to PR in the early 1990s with AAA Washington after posts at the Orange County Register, New York Times and Dallas Morning News.
At Wyerhauser he reports to SVP of corporate affairs Tim Punke. The company in November bought rival Plum Creek Timber in an $8.4B deal that made it the largest private owner of timberland in the US.
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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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