 Gary Ginsberg |
Gary Ginsberg, most recently executive VP for communications and marketing at Time Warner, will join Japan’s Softbank telecommunication giant Nov. 1.
A Democratic operative who served as a lawyer in the Clinton White House and Justice Dept., Ginsburg was senior advisor to TW chief Jeff Bewkes and a key player in pushing for approval of the media company’s acquisition by AT&T, a deal that president Trump opposed.
Earlier, Ginsberg was executive VP-marketing and corporate affairs at News Corp. and counselor to CEO Rupert Murdoch.
Softbank engineered the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile last year to compete in the US with AT&T and Verizon. That deal is still under federal review.
The company’s $100B Vision Fund is the biggest fund in the technology sector. It helped to bankroll Uber and WeWork.
Most recently, Softbank has faced scrutiny for its close ties with Saudi Arabia, a partner in its Vision Fund.
Ginsberg's title at Softbank Group Corp. will be senior VP-head of corporate communications unit. He'll be based in New York.
Business leaders will face challenges in the upcoming year, some of which will come as a complete surprise, or beyond anyone's imagination.
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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