 Ann Sommerlath |
Ann Sommerlath, who was chief communications officer at IMAX reporting to CEO Richard Gelfond, has moved to Marina Maher Communications as head of its newly created corporate brand practice.
As managing director of corporate brand, Sommerlath will serve as senior counsel to Merck, Novartis, Johnson & Johnson and Aflac. She’ll report to Marina Maher.
At IMAX, Sommerlath handled corporate reputation, new business, global expansion and thought leadership matters.
Earlier, she was senior VP at Edelman and FleishmanHillard.
MMC also has added Chris Iafolla as group senior VP and head of its healthcare brand engagement unit.
He joins from Syneos Health Communications, where he headed its digital & social strategy efforts. Previously, he was at W2O Group.
Omnicom owns MMC.
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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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