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| Abhishek Guylani |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed Abhishek Gulyani as chief executive officer to lead its operations throughout India. Gulyani previously ran his own agency, Facio Communications, and has worked as senior counsel at agencies including Avian ME and Genesis BM. He has led teams working with such global brands and businesses as Mastercard, Aviva, Reebok and Deloitte. Gulyani will manage H+K’s offices in Bengaluru, Gurgaon and Mumbai. He will focus on strategic counsel for clients while building H+K India’s client base and introducing new offerings from the global network.
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| Daniella Middleton |
Development Counsellors International has promoted Daniella Middleton to senior vice president of its tourism practice. Middleton has been with DCI since 2015, most recently serving as vice president, travel marketing and strategy. Before coming to the agency, she was director, North America at Dubai Tourism. In her new role, Middleton will be tasked with unifying the five divisions of DCI’s tourism practice—research, public relations, digital marketing, travel trade marketing and business events. She will also work to advance the agency’s digital offerings, formalizing strategic partnership initiatives that help to advance the goals of its destination clients.
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| Megan Grabos |
American Homes 4 Rent, a provider of single-family homes for rent, has named Megan Grabos senior vice president of communications, a newly created position. Grabos joins American Homes 4 Rent from Delta Dental of California, where she was vice president of communications. She has also served as head of communications for Cars.com and vice president of reputation management at Edelman. In her new role, she will oversee corporate and executive communications, media relations, employee communications, crisis and issues management, financial communications and public affairs.
Greg Honan, who worked in the Biden White House as director of message planning and chief of staff for its office of communications, is joining public affairs firm Seven Letter as a managing director.
David Bassity, who was VP for football communications for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, will join the Big Ten Conference on July 20.
BPCM brings on former Prada SVP marketing & communications Christian Langbein as its EVP of growth and strategy, a newly created role... MikeWorldWide names Joseph Sorrentino as its first chief intelligence officer. Sorrentino joins from Weber Shandwick, where he was EVP, analytics & intelligence... Pacers Sports & Entertainment, which operates the NBA’s Indiana Pacers and WNBA’s Indiana Fever, hires Kieran Donahue as EVP and CMO. Donahue has served as chief marketing officer at IHOP and VP, brand, marketing & digital for the Americas at Marriott... Ballast Rock Asset Management, a diversified alternative investment manager, appoints Michael Welch as head of investor relations and capital formation.
Renault Group brings on Paul Michon as corporate communications director, effective Sept. 1. He joins from Kering, the luxury goods marketer.
SKDK makes Loren Riegelhaupt, Michael Czin and Julie Andreeff Jensen agency partners... Coca-Cola Company promotes Gary McElyea to lead its pan-European Public Policy & Government Affairs agenda, and Sophia Chrysopoulou to serve as head of EU public affairs... Rithum, a commerce solutions provider, appoints Kim Miller as CMO and head of global strategy. 
