 Kim Walker |
GCI Health London has brought on Kim Walker as deputy managing director. Walker previously served as head of Liberation Unlimited, a boutique healthcare communication agency that is part of Health Unlimited. She has also been associate marketing manager at the Johnson & Johnson diabetes medical devices company, Lifescan EMEA. Walker will report to new UK managing director Kath Kerry. In January, Kerry succeeded Rikki Jones, who moved to Singapore to become GCI’s managing director, Asia-Pacific.
 Laura Pair |
4media group has named Laura Pair its first managing director. The company has also brought on Daniel Schwartzberg as senior vice president of media relations and Matthew Hamilton as senior vice president of client relations. Before coming to 4media, Pair was senior vice president and group sales director at Atlanta-based marketing and advertising firm Definition 6. She has been hired to execute 4media’s go-to-market strategy. Schwartzberg was also previously with Definition 6, serving as senior vp, media relations/products and services. Hamilton joins 4media from Nielsen, where he served as associate client director. UK-based 4media group now operates offices in six U.S. cities.
 Ian Lipner |
LEVICK has hired Ian Lipner as senior vice president. Lipner comes to LEVICK from LEWIS, where founded and led the firm’s Washington office, serving as vice president. He played a key role in developing the firm’s first social media management services, developing and deploying industry-first global measurement methodologies, and launching the agency’s dedicated global research function. “With technology companies facing ever-increasing challenges from Washington and the EU, competitors, and litigation, it is tremendously advantageous to have someone on the team who so deeply understands the technology and the communications and public affairs issues which are arising,” sais LEVICK chairman and CEO Richard Levick.
August brings on Andrew Jarrell as a managing director in its New York office. Jarrell comes to the agency from Group Gordon, where he most recently served as chief strategy officer... PSD, which produces activewear and underwear worn by and made for professional athletes, hires Dan Harbison as SVP of marketing and Monica Lin as VP of brand marketing... UKG, an AI platform that combines HR, pay and workforce management, names Vitor De Souza chief communications officer. 
Dezenhall Resources brings on Jessica DeLoach as VP. DeLoach was previously deputy director of public and media relations at the Southern Poverty Law Center... Crowe Media hires Alissa Kasawdish as senior integrated PR manager. Kasawdish was previously an account supervisor at J/PR... Benefitbay, a SaaS platform that lets users make their own benefit decisions, names Lindsey Unterberger as VP of marketing.
Catherine Sullivan, global chief communications officer at Burson, has exited the WPP unit after a 12-year run.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation hires Amy Martin Ziegenfuss as CMO, effective June 3. Ziegenfuss was most recently CMO at Carnival Cruise Line... Narrative Strategies brings on Hanna Beckman and Rich Casale as senior directors... Grayling has appointed Maury Postal as EVP, creative strategy and innovation services... HMH (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), an educational publisher and technology company focused on K–12 education, assessments and professional learning, names Jessica Naeve CMO.
Brunswick Group has announced that Teneo's Christian Buss and Netflix's Paul Shaw have joined the firm as partners in San Francisco.
