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| Anthony Tramontana |
Baretz+Brunelle has hired Anthony Tramontana as its chief financial officer. Tramontana comes to Baretz+Brunelle from WPP Coretech, a business unit of WPP, where he managed all aspects of the firm’s global accounting. Before that, he was an executive vice president at Havas Health. A New York certified public accountant, he has extensive experience with all aspects of corporate strategy and planning, as well as financial accounting and financial operations. In his new post, Tramontana will focus on improving B+B’s operations and helping to lead the development and management of strategic initiatives. “Anthony has helped grow some of the world’s most sophisticated agencies, and that experience will be incredibly valuable for B+B’s continued success,” said agency partner and co-founder Cari Brunelle.
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| Brandon Buck |
The Pollack PR Marketing Group has hired Brandon Buck as digital practice lead. Buck previously was founder and creative director at Buckshot Creative, a production company that developed and distributed brand content for strategic marketing campaigns. He has worked with such brands as Myspace, Focus Features, Honda North America, Dreamworks Animation SKG and Change.gov. Buck will lead a team of professionals in Pollack’s digital practice group, known as LAB186, in its Los Angeles and New York offices. “Brandon comes to PPMG with a powerful suite of skills that includes content creation, data analytics, web development, SEO, e-commerce, branding, paid social and production, editing and design,” said PPMG executive vice president and creative director Will Ostedt.
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| M. Nicole Siobal |
BAM Communications has hired M. Nicole Siobal as social media director and Lisa Lotito as art director. Siobal has served as a consultant to several NY tech startups, working with them on marketing, branding, digital, business development and fundraising efforts. She is also CMO at NY based Insurtech startup Huecore and was founder and CEO of NY fashion tech startup Enjoyye. She began her career in PR as an account executive at Weber Shandwick. Lotito was previously a designer at Sommese Design in Paris, which focuses on corporate, print and packaging design. As the first additions to BAM’s new marketing and creative team, the pair will work together on creative projects across the company’s client roster.
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| Chip Keng Ng |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has brought Chip Keng Ng back to the firm's Singapore office as executive vice president and Ikram Zainy returns as director. Ng was previously at H+K from 2011 to 2015 as deputy managing director in Singapore as well as regional director of corporate and financial practice in south east Asia. He comes back to H+K from Octave Communications, where he served as managing director. Zainy was an account manager at H+K from 2011 to 2014. He returns from The Westin Singapore, where he was director of marketing communications.
Andreessen Horowitz has named Anne Neuberger partner and head of global affairs at the venture capital giant.
Cyabra, which helps governments and enterprises detect coordinated manipulation and protect digital trust, hires David Low as CMO... Option Care Health names Robert Okunski VP, investor relations... Locala, an AI-powered Adaptive Marketing platform, tabs Grant Gudgel to lead marketing.
FTI Consulting has recruited Liz Lynch for its corporate reputation practice within the $378M strategic communications segment.
H/Advisors, which recently rebranded from H/Advisors Abernathy as part of a global rebrand at its parent company, Havas, names Carina Davidson as CEO of the firm in the U.S... Method Communications appoints Meghan Gardner as EVP, helping to lead the agency's work with enterprise technology companies... Moburst, a mobile-first digital marketing agency, hires Melissa Gruhin as VP of creative.
Pope Leo XIV appoints ETWN News president and chief operating officer Maria Montserrat Alvarado as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, effective Nov. 1.
