ICR names Sukanti Ghosh as partner, international strategy & markets. Ghosh was most recently president of global policy & communications at Vedanta Resources Limited, one of ICR’s largest international clients... August promotes Scott Deveau to senior managing director... Milk & Honey PR, a UK-based firm, brings on Mollie Starr as partner and head of Milk & Honey North America.
While finding the right solution to a problem is still important, the work that differentiates effective communications leaders is problem-finding—identifying the real risk before it becomes visible, reputational or irreversible.
Wendy Carhart, who rose to the chief communications, culture & purpose post at Real Chemistry, has moved to the Learning Care Group.
Texas is looking for a firm to handle tourism PR and marketing communications in its Asia service region with India and Taiwan as primary markets.
Prosek Partners represents Nuveen as it acquires London-based Schroders, which relies on Brunswick Group for PR counsel, in a $13.5B deal.
Commentary
Donald Trump's return to the White House has more and more people across the globe viewing the US as a threat, according to a poll conducted by Kekst CNC... What "golden age of America?" Few of us buy Trump's vision of utopia on Earth... WaPost laments "de facto death sentence for publishing a newspaper." Surprise, surprise: the editorial wasn't about itself.
Orchestra has recruited Deepika Sandhu for the senior VP-legal & crisis communications slot.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Jeff Reczek, who most recently served as director of CDC Washington at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is coming on board as a partner at bipartisan health care firm TDY @ FGS Global.
Narrative Strategies brings on Christina Cameron and Jessica Stallone as senior directors... CI&T, a global technology transformation specialist, appoints Sarah Painter as SVP, marketing for EMEA... Avenue Z promotes Annie Zeigler to associate director, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
MZ Group is selected to lead a strategic investor relations and financial communications program across all key markets for Playboy... Marketbridge is named B2B agency of record for the commercial display and IT solutions division of LG Electronics USA... ChizSix Marketing & Media, a Toronto-based firm, picks up Sakar, which licenses over forty major entertainment and lifestyle brands across sectors including digital cameras, drones, audio products and skateboards.
The Shipyard, which owns Fahlgren Mortine and TURNER, makes a strategic investment in FancyAI... LAVIDGE launches InkFox Publicity (a LAVIDGE Co.), a publicity firm that will work with publishers; hybrid presses; and professional, indie and self-published authors... 5W PR introduces an investment division.
The US embassy in Brussels is looking for an event production firm to handle planned high-impact public diplomacy event slated for June 28, 2026, commemorating the United States Semiquincentennial (250th Anniversary).
Executives are moving faster, embracing flexibility and making decisions with urgency even in the face of uncertainty, a new study from Padilla finds.
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