 Paul Verbinnen |
Sard Verbinnen & Co. has promoted president Paul Verbinnen to the co-CEO spot alongside George Sard, who remains chairman of the 27-year-old financial PR firm.
Andrew Cole and Paul Kranhold move up to co-presidents.
Cole, a 21-year veteran of SVC in New York and San Francisco, was COO with full-time client responsibility.
Kranhold, a 14-year veteran in charge of west coast and Asia operations, is a former head of AT&T corporate PR and press secretary for ex-California Gov. Pete Wilson.
The changes, according to the firm, “reflect evolving management roles, longer-term planning and further development of a talented team."
The firm also upped Jared Levy, Megan Bouchier, Meghan Gavigan, Marc Minardo and Chris Kittredge to partners.
Caterpillar’s Rob Rengel will join ATI Inc. on June 22 as VP-investor relations, succeeding the retiring David Weston.
Hut 8, energy infrastructure platform, has named NextEra Energy's Mark Eidelman head of IR and SVP of strategic finance.
Teneo handles easyJet as Minneapolis investment firm Castlelake mulls a possible takeover of the British budget airline.
Brunswick Group represents Universal Music Group as it rejects the unsolicited $65B takeover offer by billionaire Ed Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management because it “fundamentally and materially undervalues” the world’s largest music company.
Prosek Partners brings on Danielle O’Brien as a managing director in its investor relations practice, based in the firm’s New York office.
