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McKinsey & Co has named Neil Grace head of media relations for North America.
He spent nearly nine years at the Federal Communications Commissions, working as press secretary and senior communications & policy advisor.
Grace has PR firm experience, gained from a seven-year run as a director in Burson-Marsteller's issues & crisis management unit.
McKinsey's blue-chip image has been under assault from recent media criticism over its work for Saudi Arabia and US Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
On Dec. 4 the management consultant lashed out at a New York Times and ProPublica piece about its work for ICE, saying the article "fundamentally misrepresents McKinsey’s work, disregards facts that we provided before publication and misleads readers about both the substance and goals of our work."
Business leaders will face challenges in the upcoming year, some of which will come as a complete surprise, or beyond anyone's imagination.
Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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