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| Chris Edwards |
Finn Partners has recruited Chris Edwards for the senior partner/executive creative director post at its Small Army advertising arm.
Edwards joins from Arnold Worldwide, where he rose to the executive VP/group creative director position in a nearly 20-year run.
At Arnold, he developed the “Gimme Back that Filet-O-Fish" singing fish campaign for McDonald’s and anti-smoking Truth effort.
Edwards is a noted public speaker, LBGTQ advocate and author of “BALLS: It Takes Some to Get Some.”
Jeff Freedman, founder/CEO of Small Army, said Edwards possesses “a contagious energy that inspires everyone to be their best selves.”
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. 
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
