On the Move: Coke's Agnew Joins Next Solutions Group
Fri, Aug. 7, 2026
By Steve Barnes
The Next Solutions Group names Michelle Agnew as VP, reputation and issues management. Agnew joins NSG from The Coca-Cola Company, where she was director of strategic communications... Nebius, which works with startups and enterprises building AI products, agents and services, appoints Lindsey Irvine as CMO... Zeta Global, an intelligent AI infrastructure company, names Leah Pope CMO and Candace Dean chief communications officer.
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Global Situation Room’s latest Reputation Risk Index says that the Iran War has overtaken artificial intelligence as the top reputational risk for companies... RKD Group, a fundraising and marketing services firm that works with mission-driven organizations, acquires creative agency Whiteboard... The Public Relations Collective launches.
Leach Advisors, which launched in 2018, has rebranded as Throughline Communications.
Jim Secreto, who held several posts in the Biden administration, joins Narrative Strategies as managing director.
DGA Group appoints Hannah Williams and Nigel Howard as senior advisors based in London... Gagen MacDonald, an APCO company, names Tirzah VanDamme as senior director on its AI & digital transformation team. VanDamme joins Gagen MacDonald from Microsoft... OptimizeRx Corp., a provider of healthcare technology solutions, appoints Sarah Bast as CMO. Bast joins the company from Publicis Health Media.
Ed Harnaga, who most recently served as SVP, chief marketing and communications officer at Pfizer, joins Vantage Data Centers, which provides hyperscale data center campuses, in the chief marketing and communications officer spot.
Litigation is increasingly a reputational issue for legal firms as well as for the parties they represent in conflicts, according to a new report from INFINITE.
SourceCode Communications launches SourceCode Germany, establishing the agency's first office in continental Europe... Clario Group acquires Ted Miller Group, a Miami-founded agency focused on clients in the technology, travel & leisure and financial services sectors... Global Situation Room’s Global Risk Advisory Council is hosting a July 23 webinar that will go over the results of its new Reputation Risk Index.
TEAM LEWIS starts up its AI Practice... Thunderly launches a year-long storytelling campaign focused on how franchising can provide a pathway to business ownership... JIN, a European communications consulting group, introduces "AI Campaigning", a corporate offering designed to model and anticipate stakeholder behavior.
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Jennifer Wilton, who rose to the editor-in-chief position at DIE WELT, Germany’s most influential media outlet, will join FGS Global on Sept. 1 as a partner.
Moburst, which specializes in digital marketing and AI-powered solutions, acquires Amazon marketing agency Hyperzon... The Public Relations Global Network launches its Health Practice Group, which brings together more than 20 independent agencies across four continents to support health care, life sciences and pharma organizations... ICR’s newly released Q2 2026 SPAC Market Update & Outlook shows a healthy environment for IPOs... Red Banyan, a senior-level crisis management, litigation PR, and reputation management firm, makes its first appearance in the Chambers and Partners listings.
Public Policy Holding Company has acquired London-based Tancredi Intelligent Communication for $10.8M, of which $9.6M is in cash and the balance in stock.
Real Chemistry integrates its Spring & Bond and Greater Than One units, along with its legacy media and omnichannel practice, into a single, unified Real Chemistry Media offering... SixSpeed, an independent full-service advertising agency, launches a PR practice... Scorpion, a Salt Lake City-based provider of digital marketing shop acquires Philadelphia's 1SEO Digital Agency.
Chuck Moran, who was chief communications and PA officer at Phillips 66, has signed on at FTI Consulting as senior advisor in its strategic communications unit.
