Christina Pantin, VP of PR for Samsung Electronics America, has returned to the agency realm as a senior VP for the Abernathy MacGregor Group.
A former director for Brunswick Group in Hong Kong, she moved back to the US with Ridgefield Park, N.J.-based Samsung in 2014 and led the consumer and enterprise PR teams for the top mobile phone manufacturer.
She spent 25 years with THomson Reuters, including as general manager for South Asia based in Bangalore and editor for Southeast Asia and Pacific.
Pantin is based in New York with Havas-owned Abernathy MacGregor.
Allison+Partners handles Samsung's mobile and enterprise PR.
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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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