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Teneo has acquired a minority stake in WestExec Advisors, the DC geopolitical firm that was co-founded by secretary of state Tony Blinken.
It also will forge a strategic partnership with WestExec and its co-founders Michele Flournoy (former undersecretary of defense for policy), Sergio Aguirre (foreign policy advisor to Sen. Tim Kaine) and Nitin Chadda (strategy advisor to secretary of defense Ash Carter).
Declan Kelly, Teneo CEO, said WestExec’s expertise will help his firm’s clients make the best decisions as they navigate the increasingly complex and volatile international landscape.
The New York-based global CEO advisory also announced that former Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has signed on as a senior advisor.
The Democrat served for 30 years in the Senate and six years in the House.
After retiring from the Senate in 2010, Dodd did a seven-year stint as chairman/CEO of the Motion Picture Assn. and then joined Arnold & Porter as senior counsel.
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kate Bedingfield, White House communications director, will exit at the end of the month. Ben LaBolt, a longtime Biden adviser, will take the CD post.
Cathy Cochran, senior VP in Teneo’s Washington office, has rejoined the US Dept of Agriculture as director in its communications office.
Mexico is working with the DC-based Global Action on Gun Violence to push for “impactful gun violence prevention strategies” in the US.
Douglas Farrar, who was VP-communications and strategy at the Carnegie Center for International Peace, has joined the Federal Trade Commission as PA director.
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