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| Philippe Krakowsky |
Philippe Krakowsky, chief strategy & talent officer at Interpublic, has been promoted to COO of the advertising/PR combine.
With IPG since 2002, the 57-year-old executive engineered last year’s $2.3B acquisition of Acxiom’s data management business.
Chairman/CEO Michael Roth, 73, said Krakowsky helped create IPG’s “open architecture model” and its “distinctive culture.”
Krakowsky will continue to chair Mediabrands and have oversight of Acxiom, Carmichael Lynch, Deutsch, Hill Holiday, Huge and R/GA.
Steve Rice, who served as director of political mobilization for Boeing, joins DC-based bipartisan public affairs and strategic communications firm The Herald Group as SVP, overseeing its grasstops and 50-state field operations. 
Qorvis has named Victor Shiblie senior advisor to boost its international network and global business opportunities.
Pierre DuBois has taken the VP-public affairs post at AIB Data Centers, developer of the digital infrastructure for AI hosting and high-performance computing workloads.
Allison Worldwide names Victoria Brophy EVP, head of corporate and technology in Europe. Brophy comes to the firm from Golin Ketchum London, where as EVP she built and led the London Corporate Affairs practice... 
Signal Group, a DC-based public affairs firm, hires Josie Feron as director. Feron was most recently communications director for the Office of Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-NC)... Moburst, a mobile-first digital agency driven by a proprietary AI program, appoints Etgar Shpivak as VP of marketing... Howard University hires Jasmine Gurley as senior director of public relations in the Office of University Communications.
