 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.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Kieran Mahoney, who founded Mercury Public Affairs more than 27 years ago, has stepped down as CEO and assumed the executive chairman post.
FGS Global brings on Harry Florry as head of Singapore and Andrew Yeo as global policy partner Asia... ACORE CAPITAL, a commercial real estate debt investment manager, appoints Cynthia Holahan as CMO, a newly created role at the company... NVE Experience Agency, a global brand experience firm, hires Justin Biskin as SVP in its sports marketing practice. Biskin joins NVE from Nike.
Ipsos, a market research and polling company, appoints Marion Beyret as chief communications officer... TENEX.ai, an AI‑native, human‑led SOC (security operations center) appoints Richard Rogers as CMO... Arizona Athletics hires Carter Toole as chief communications officer and senior associate athletics director.
Andreessen Horowitz has named Anne Neuberger partner and head of global affairs at the venture capital giant.
