 Kate Holgate |
Brunswick Group has appointed Kate Holgate, formerly office head in Singapore, to lead its Hong Kong office. Will Carnwath will succeed her as office head in Singapore. Holgate, who joined Brunswick in 2000, worked in Brunswick’s London office as head of its global property and professional services sector teams before setting up the Singapore office in 2013. She was previously at investment bank Kleinwort Benson, where she worked on M&A and capital market transactions. Carnwath has been with Brunswick since 2009. Before moving to Singapore to help establish the office in 2013, he spent three years as chief of staff to Brunswick chairman Alan Parker. He co-leads Brunswick’s business and society offer for Asia and much of his work focuses on crisis, corporate reputation and investor relations.
 Armin Molavi |
Hilton has named Armin Molavi vice president of global media strategy and execution. Molavi has served as North America head of strategy for Havas Media Group and senior vice president, director of media and brand planning at One to One Interactive. In his new role, Molavi will lead the ongoing transformation of Hilton’s media team and work with partners across the globe to build out the company’s media center of excellence. He will be based at Hilton’s global headquarters in McLean, Va.
 Ian Edwards |
IMG Fashion has named Ian Edwards senior director of communications. Edwards comes to IMG from Alexander Wang, where he had served as director of public relations since 2015. Before that, he was an account executive at Shadow. IMG Fashion is part of William Morris Endeavor, the talent agency led by Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel.
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications brings on Jessica Gail, who served as director of communications for Rep. Eric Swalwell, as senior media lead... Prime Therapeutics appoints Katie Payne as chief external affairs officer, a newly created role. She was previously a senior director at APCO... Thunderly promotes Jason Weaver to director of paid media. 
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
