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| Dan Zacchei |
Sloane & Company has promoted Dan Zacchei to president, special situations and Joe Germani to managing director, special situations. Zacchei, who has been with the firm since 2008, was previously a managing director, leading Sloane’s advisory work in the areas of shareholder activism, mergers and acquisitions, executive transitions, bankruptcies and restructurings and crisis management. In his new role, he will add the oversight of new strategic initiatives to his duties. Germani was previously a senior vice president at Sloane, working with clients in such areas as shareholder activism, transaction and crisis mandates.
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| Leslee Dart |
42West co-CEO Leslee Dart is set to take on a newly created senior strategic advisor role at Dolphin Entertainment, according to a report on deadline.com. Dolphin acquired 42West in 2017. Amanda Lundberg will now become sole CEO of 42West, and will run the agency from its New York headquarters. Dart will continue to work with 42West in her new capacity with the company. 42West grew out of The Dart Group, which Dart founded in 2004 after spending over 20 years at PMK. Lundberg, who was previously executive vice president for worldwide public relations at Miramax, joined The Dart Group in 2005. The Deadline report says that Dolphin plans to make more acquisitions this year, and that Dart is expected to take on a supervisory role in integrated the new acquisitions into the company.
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| Tennyson Wilson |
San Francisco-based Demonstrate has appointed Tennyson Wilson to the newly created position of head of media services. Wilson will also be a partner in the firm. Wilson joins Demonstrate from mcgarrybowen, where he served as managing director of its media services division. He previously served as group managing director, innovation at Swirl and media director at Mekanism. In his new position, Wilson will lead paid media strategy and work to expand the agency’s capabilities. “Tennyson’s business acumen and breadth of experience in integrated brand communications planning across multifarious verticals in both mid-size and large agencies, make him the perfect partner for Demonstrate,” said agency founder and CEO Joey Hodges.
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| Huma Qureshi |
Grey Group has promoted Huma Qureshi to chief communications officer for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Qureshi was previously regional PR and corporate communications director for AMEA at the firm. Before joining in Grey in 2014, she was PR and events management director at luxury furniture brand Roche Bobois. In her new role, Qureshi will be tasked with further strengthening Grey’s presence and building on the agency’s global reputation.
Edelman names United Entertainment Group CEO Jarrod Moses as vice chairman. Moses will continue in his role at UEG... Burson brings on Matthew Wagner, who was most recently global client relationship manager and energy sector lead at Edelman, as EVP and global client leader... The Key PR appoints Jodi Maroney as principal. Maroney joins the agency after a 25-year run at Access Brand Communications.
Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
HUNTER brings on Lori Ruggiero as managing director of its corporate communications practice... Covo Intelligence, an independent research and intelligence firm, names Tony Cheevers director of strategic growth... MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) hires Brian Swarth as SVP of marketing, effective July 20. 
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
