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| Steve Brecken |
Steve Brecken, who led global PR for Honeywell’s aerospace unit, has joined Hill+Knowlton Strategies as senior VP in its energy & industrials practice.
At Honeywell, Brecken led strategy development/execution, media relations, issues and crisis management.
Earlier, he was communications manager at Sierra Nevada Corp., aerospace/national security contractor, and director of ITT Corp.’s night vision and geospatial systems unit.
Richard Millar, H+K global president and Americas CEO, praised Brecken’s sector intelligence and diverse range of expertise, which will help the E&I practice “find new ways to apply creative solutions to some of the industries most complex challenges.”
Cisco is bringing on Microsoft VP of communications and chief storyteller Steve Clayton as chief communications officer, effective Jan. 5.... IG Global PR, which specializes in the consumer technology, design-build, and AV markets, names Katharine “Kat” Wheeler partner and strategic director... Integer Technologies, a defense technology and software company, hires Paul Frommelt as VP of marketing and communications.
Netflix has hired Instacart’s Dani Dudeck as chief communications officer, effective Jan. 12. She also handled communications at Zynga and MySpace.
Deborah Sierchio, who was at Coyne PR for over two decades, has moved to Krupp, where she is taking on the role of EVP, managing director.
Bastion appoints Jody Sowa as managing director, PR in the US, strengthening the company’s growing presence in Los Angeles and New York... The Davis Companies, a Boston-based real estate developer, appoints Andrea Simpson as EVP of creative, brand and communications... CBIZ, a professional services advisor, appoints Christopher Sikora as VP, investor relations and corporate finance.
Nick Clegg, who was global affairs president at Meta in a seven-year run, has joined London's Hiro Capital investment firm as a general partner.
