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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.
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications brings on Jessica Gail, who served as director of communications for Rep. Eric Swalwell, as senior media lead... Prime Therapeutics appoints Katie Payne as chief external affairs officer, a newly created role. She was previously a senior director at APCO... Thunderly promotes Jason Weaver to director of paid media. 
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
