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| Dave Guarino |
Wolters Kluwer appoints Dave Guarino as VP, global communications. Guarino most recently served as chief communications officer at S&P Global. Prior to holding senior communications roles within S&P, Mr. Guarino worked at UBS and the New York Life Insurance Company. Based in New York, Mr. Guarino will have overall communications responsibility for the company. “With his extensive global experience, Dave will be instrumental in executing the company’s strategic priorities and identifying new opportunities in both internal and external communications,” said Wolters Kluwer senior vice president and chief corporate brand and communications officer Caroline Wouters.
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| Matthew Tractenberg |
Wallbox, a provider of electric vehicle charging and energy management solutions, appoints Matthew Tractenberg as VP, investor relations. Tractenberg was most recently SVP, investor at capital markets communications platform Q4. He has also headed up investor relations for WestRock Company and Belden Inc. In his new post, Tractenberg will be responsible for developing and growing relationships across the investment and analyst communities. Wallbox CEO Enric Asuncion called Tractenberg “a knowledgeable and experienced investor relations officer.”
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| Drew Gomez |
Mindbloom, which offers “psychedelic therapy,” a combination of medicine with coaching, content, and clinical precision for people looking to improve their mental health, names Drew Gomez head of brand and product marketing. Gomez joins the company from men’s skin care company Geologie, where he was vp of brand and product marketing. He previously served as global head of marketing at Oculus VR (Meta’s virtual reality and augmented reality division) and senior marketing manager at Tonal. At Mindbloom, Gomez is tasked with establishing the brand as a household name in mental health and wellbeing, and to propel ketamine therapy into the mainstream.
Amy Edgy has joined Teneo as senior managing director and head of restructuring communications in its PR unit.
GCI Health brings on Eric Helgesen, who led digital transition and enterprise platform development at Weber Shandwick, as EVP, head of AI and innovation... Stanton Communications appoints Je’Coven Norwood as account director and Rida Dhanani as an account executive... Netflix hires the Walt Disney Company’s Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul as VP of television series communications... Abry Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, names Yusef Kassim as head of capital strategy and investor relations.
Former Racepoint Global president Bob Osmond has moved to Clarity Global, where he will be managing partner, North America.
Jennifer Bett Communications names Kara Kamenec VP of affiliate and influencer marketing... Mark Allen & Co. brings on Isaac Benjamin as VP and Stacey Richman as account director, both based in the firm’s New York office... Mark43, a cloud-native public safety operations platform, appoints Alison Durant as CMO.
Kyra Obolensky, who was executive VP & head of healthcare at Weber Shandwick’s Brussels office, has moved to APCO's outpost in that city as Europe health lead.
