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| Fred Turner |
BGR Group is hiring Fred Turner, chief of staff to Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Menendez, to come on board next month as a senior VP in its international affairs practice. He will also be supporting clients in the firm’s financial services and commerce practices. Prior to working for Sen. Menendez, Turner was chief of staff at the U.S. Helsinki Commission and he has also served as chief of staff to Rep. Alcee Hastings. “Fred will make an outstanding addition to BGR Group,” said agency president and CEO Bob Wood.. “He is widely respected on both sides of the aisle as hard working, smart, and effective. BGR and our clients will greatly benefit from his policy experience and political perspective on a wide range of issues.”
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| Pamela Levine |
BookClub, a startup platform that will create book clubs led by authors, signs up former Fox Worldwide marketing chief Pamela Levine as chief marketing officer, according to a report on Deadline. Levine left Fox in 2019, following the merger between Fox and Disney. She has also served as chief marketing officer at HBO, where she led campaigns for such programs as “Game of Thrones,” “Westworld” and “Veep.” BookClub is set to launch this spring as a digital and mobile platform. “Pamela is many things, an innovator, a respected leader, an award-winning creative, and most of all, a storyteller, which is why we’re thrilled to have her join the BookClub team,” BookClub CEO David Blake said.
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| Gabby Gonzalez Leung |
H Code, the largest Hispanic digital media company in the U.S., names Gabby Gonzalez Leung vp of people. Leung joins H Code from VICE Media, where she was director, HR business partner. She also bolstered DEI initiatives at VICE by leading the diversity and inclusion community council and serving as a liaison for all Los Angeles employee immigration visa processes in partnership with immigration counsel. Leung has also served in HR leadership positions as companies including GroupM agency, Maxus and Phelps. At H Code, she will support the agency’s growth as it plans to develop more strategic partnerships and move forward as a leader and advocate for multicultural marketing. “We are very excited to have Gabby onboard and are looking forward to having her take the lead in growing our team and enriching our company culture,” said H Code chief executive officer Parker Morse.
Mahen Gunaratna, who was chief strategy advisor and communications director to former New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and deputy communications director for ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, is coming on board at MikeWorldWide as EVP of public affairs.
Jeremy Guterl, a veteran of Ketchum Analytics and Edelman Berland, has joined Ruder Finn as senior VP-research and analytics.
Sukanti Ghosh, who has held senior leadership roles at Albright Stonebridge Group, APCO Worldwide, Barclays and Bank Muscat, is joining ICR as partner, international strategy & markets.
Bentley Motors appoints Angus Fitton as chief communications officer, effective March 16. Fitton was most recently vice president of PR at Porsche Cars North America... Sunbit, a financial tech company offering buy now, pay later services, names Shachar Scott as CMO.... KemperSports, a golf, sports, and hospitality experience company, promote Sara Kearney as its first CMO... Digital Currency Group, a venture capital company, promotes Amanda Cowie to chief communications officer.
Wendy Carhart, who rose to the chief communications, culture & purpose post at Real Chemistry, has moved to the Learning Care Group.
