 Ken Toombs |
PA Consulting is bringing on Ken Toombs to lead its Americas team. Toombs comes to PA from Infosys, where he led its global consulting team of around 3,000 consultants in 20 countries. Prior to Infosys, Ken was with Capgemini, where he was CEO of its US consulting business. Starting in early January, Toombs will oversee PA’s team of experts in Boston, New York, Princeton, Denver, Los Angeles and Mexico City. As well as leading PA in the Americas, he will have global responsibility for PA’s healthcare, life sciences, and energy and utilities sectors, and will join the company’s board.
 Heather Lombardini |
Lansing, MI-based GOP fundraising, issue management and political consulting firm Sterling Corporation has named Heather Lombardini president and partner. Lombardini, previously on the leadership team at Sterling and head of its fundraising unit, becomes Sterling’s first female president and shareholder. Before coming to Sterling she led fundraising for the Michigan House Republicans and other winning candidates and causes over the past two decades. Lombardini replaces Mark Pischea, who will be Of Counsel and continue to advise Sterling’s political and public affairs clients while expanding his leadership in the national conservative energy movement.
 Sean Williams |
Nashville-based DVL Seigenthaler/FINN Partners has promoted Sean Williams to associate creative director and brought Rebecca Warren back to the firm as vice president of account services, focusing primarily on strategic counsel to the firm’s healthcare clients. Williams has been with DVL Siegenthaler since 2009, and has created award-winning marketing and advertising for Jack Daniel’s, Nashville Electric Service, and AmSurg. He previously served as the deputy press secretary to the governor of Tennessee and assistant to the press secretary for the governor of Colorado. In his new post, he conceptualizes and implements marketing and advertising concepts. A senior account executive with DVL Seigenthaler from 2013-14, Warren was most recently director of communications at Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee. She has also served as senior director, worldwide at Burson-Marsteller in New York, managing Burson’s presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France.
 Gemma Bakx |
nvestor relations research and advisory firm Corbin Advisors has brought on Gemma Bakx as vice president and director of IR, Doug Cooper as vice president and Evan Honeyman as director of business development. Bakx was previously investor relations consultant at KPMG Makinson Cowell. She has been instrumental in executing all facets of investor perception studies and brings deep institutional investor knowledge and business consulting expertise. Cooper previously worked in equity research for Deutsche Bank, and has also held positions at Sidoti & Company and UBS. His areas of expertise include investor communication strategies, investment thesis development and investor marketing. Honeyman comes to Corbin Advisors from TicketNetwork, where he most recent served as director of business development.
Evan Shenkman, who has 25 years of law firm experience, is now a partner at professional services firm Baretz+Brunelle. He helped design and implement the first generative AI product for legal professionals.
Accenture brings on Emma Chalwin as CMO, effective Oct. 1. Chalwin joins Accenture from Workday, where she also served as CMO, with responsibility for building the brand and driving customer demand in markets around the world... The Vitamin Shoppe appoints Kimberley Gardiner EVP, chief marketing and growth officer. She joins from Tractor Supply Company... Fluent, a provider of commerce media solutions, names Jeanniey Walden as CMO.
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.
