 Nicholas Veasey |
Booz Allen Hamilton has named Nicholas Veasey director, investor relations, effective June 30. Veasey, who joined Booz Allen in 2015, is currently director of mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Booz Allen, he was an investment banker covering the Industrials sector at Deutsche Bank in New York. He succeeds Curt Riggle, who will lead internal financial education efforts in the firm, while continuing to assist with investor relations through a summer transition period. Veasey will report to CFO Lloyd Howell, Jr. “Nick brings an invaluable mix of professional experience to his new investor relations role that will serve the firm well as we execute the next phases of our growth strategy,” Howell said.
 Alexandra Avila |
JG Black Book has promoted Alexandra Avila to president. In her most recent position as VP of industry and media relations, Avila led the company’s PR and sales representation departments. Before coming to JG Black Book, she was president of digital travel marketplace BookitLyst. As president, Avila will be focused on growing new business, attracting talent and building on the agency’s expertise and contacts within the luxury hospitality industry in North America, Latin America and the United Kingdom.
 Florence Pique-Monnier |
Crosby Marketing Communications has promoted Florence Pique-Monnier to integration director and Jamie Breazeale to director of connection planning. Pique-Monnier manages Crosby teams in creating comprehensive marketing communications programs for such clients as Kaiser Permanente and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Before joining Crosby, she was an account supervisor at Ogilvy & Mather and a senior account executive at Genex. Breazeale develops multi-channel plans featuring paid, shared and earned media for clients including Disabled American Veterans, EPA’s ENERGY STAR program and CapitalSource. Before coming to Crosby, she was vice president, media services, at Havas Discovery.
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
