Matt Bennett, senior VP and Washington chief for Racepoint Group, is moving to the Motion Picture Association of America to head corporate communications for Hollywood's DC presence.
Bennett takes a role vacated in February by Laura Nichols, who decamped for the chief communications officer slot at National Geographic Partners.
Bennett is a former senior VP of comms. and PA for PhRMA and spent the last two years with Racepoint, handling PA, healthcare and tech clients out of Washington for the Boston-based firm.
He spent three years at GolinHarris in D.C., rising to senior VP and earlier was a senior consultant for Issue Dynamics.
MPAA's key members include Walt Disney Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal City Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Film. Former Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) heads the group.
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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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