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| Charlie Koons |
Brunswick Group has hired Charlie Koons as a partner focused on mergers & acquisitions, investor engagement, shareholder activism and corporate governance.
Most recently, the 24-year financial PR veteran was managing director at Morrow Sodali in charge of its activism & contested situations advisory group.
Earlier, he was managing director of shareholder activism at Mackenzie Partners
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