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| Julie Johnson |
Mazars, Donald Trump's accounting firm, appoints Julie Johnson as chief marketing officer. Johnson most recently served as CMO, innovation & enterprise solutions at KPMG US. She has also held senior marketing positions with First Consulting Group and Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. “Her experience in brand positioning and delivering unique marketing solutions will be of tremendous value as we continue to strengthen our domestic and international market position,” said Mazars chairman and CEO Victor Wahba.
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| John Doolittle |
Omnicom Group names John Doolittle CEO of its newly formed Communications Consultancy Network. Doolittle has been with Omincom since 1999, most recently serving as interim CEO if the Omincom Public Relations Group. In his new role, he will lead Omnicom's new network comprised of Omnicom Public Relations Group – with agencies including FleishmanHillard, Ketchum, Marina Maher Communications and Porter Novelli—as well as the Brand Consulting Group, which includes Hall & Partners, Interbrand and Siegel+Gale. He will oversee strategic initiatives including mergers & acquisitions and cross-agency growth priorities such as CCN's data and analytics offerings. Omincom has also promoted Michael Larson to CEO of its DAS Group of Companies, leading the Health Group, Precision Marketing Group, Commerce Group and the Advertising Collective.
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| Andrew Brown, Courtney Hanson, Tom Sunshine |
imre names Andrew Brown vice president of strategy, Courtney Hanson VP of media and Tom Sunshine VP of web & creative technology. Brown comes to imre from H&L Partners, where he was vice president, insights & brand strategy. He has worked with such brands as McDonald’s, Toyota, Walgreens and Family Dollar. Hanson was most recently vice president, integrated brand strategy at Media Works, Ltd. She has also served as associate media director, integrated media strategy at Publicis Groupe’s Team One. Sunshine joins imre from VSA Partners, where he was director of technology. Digital marketing and creative technology are his main area of focus, specifically the nexus of technology, strategy and design. “Bringing in the collective experiences of Andrew, Courtney and Tom is only going to strengthen that connection to our partners through deeper expertise in these priority support functions,” said imre partner and president Crystalyn Stuart.
The Walt Disney Company names Asad Ayaz to lead its newly established enterprise marketing and brand organization... Kaiser Permanente, which provides integrated healthcare services, is bringing on Beth Leonard as SVP and chief public affairs officer, effective Feb. 2. Leonard was most recently chief corporate affairs officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance... AIC Hotel Group, which operates such brands as Nobu Hotels, Hard Rock Hotels, AVA Resort and Spa and the UNICO Collection, hires Delia Osegueda as VP, global partnerships.
Sarah Knakmuhs, who formerly led H/Advisors Abernathy’s DC office, is joining the Financial Services Forum as chief communications and strategy officer.
Brian Hughes, chief of staff at NASA, has joined Mercury Public Affairs as a partner in its Tallahassee office.
Narrative Strategies brings on Stacia Tipton as managing director... Prosek Partners promotes Deirdre Bolton, Josh Clarkson and Jon Schwartz to partner... YAP Global, an international digital assets PR firm, promotes Otto Jacobsson, who has served as CFO of the firm since 2020, to CEO. 
Cindy Leggett-Flynn, who most recently led communications at Credit Suisse, is coming on board at Swiss multinational private bank and wealth management firm Julius Baer Group as group head of communications.
