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| Nicholas Leasure |
Reevemark promotes Nicholas Leasure to managing director. Leasure previously served as senior vice president at the firm. Before that, he was a director at both Finsbury and Joele Frank. Since joining Reevemark, Nick has contributed to the firm’s financial communications and special situations practice, particularly in matters involving shareholder activism and corporate transactions, and has helped lead the firm’s marketing efforts. “Nick has been an integral part of our differentiated client offerings, providing senior level communications counsel on high-stakes, value-determinative matters,” said Reevemark founder partner and chief executive officer Brandy Bergman.
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| Michael Byrnes |
Weber Shandwick names Michael Byrnes general manager of its Boston office. Byrnes, who was previously SVP, client experience, succeeds Stacey Bernstein, who left the firm to take the CEO spot at M Booth Health. Before coming to Weber Shandwick in 2020, Byrnes was a vice president at Matter Communications. Before that, he was vice president communications and account services at PointAcross. In his new role, he will work to deliver solutions for clients across sectors while recruiting and retaining talent and bolstering the office’s culture. “Michael is a highly respected and talented leader who has contributed enormously to Boston’s success over the last year. With him at the helm, and the strong leadership team already in place, I have no doubt that we will continue to see growth,” said Weber Shandwick president, North America Joy Farber Kolo.
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| Diego Bertagni |
BCW hires Diego Bertagni as executive creative director, North America, based in Chicago. Bertagni was most recently executive creative director at draftLine YYZ, the in-house agency for Anheuser-Busch, where he built the Toronto office from scratch. He has also held creative director posts at Flipp Corporation, Tribal Worldwide and OgilvyOne Worldwide. In his new post, Bertagni will be responsible for leading and building the region’s team of creative professionals. “Diego is going to be a fantastic addition to BCW’s creative team as he brings an expansive perspective to solving client problems with unbridled creativity,” said Fede Garcia, who joined BCW as global chief creative officer last year. “He uses everything at his disposal to move audiences to act.”
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
Evan Shenkman, who has 25 years of law firm experience, is now a partner at professional services firm Baretz+Brunelle. He helped design and implement the first generative AI product for legal professionals.
Accenture brings on Emma Chalwin as CMO, effective Oct. 1. Chalwin joins Accenture from Workday, where she also served as CMO, with responsibility for building the brand and driving customer demand in markets around the world... The Vitamin Shoppe appoints Kimberley Gardiner EVP, chief marketing and growth officer. She joins from Tractor Supply Company... Fluent, a provider of commerce media solutions, names Jeanniey Walden as CMO.
