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| Ryan Witherell |
FINN Partners promotes Ryan Witherell to managing partner. Witherell has been with FINN since 2002, most recently as a senior partner, leading the Southeast’s corporate and consumer practice group. He has led strategic communications programs for global brands and emerging corporations in such sectors as technology, transportation and mobility, environment, real estate development, financial services, legal and consumer products. “Ryan is an incredibly passionate and effective leader, and his commitment to spearheading excellent communication programs for our clients and our agency is unsurpassed,” said FINN Partners managing partner, Southeast, Beth S. Courtney.
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| Jonathan Bottomley |
Calvin Klein names former Ralph Lauren chief marketing officer Jonathan Bottomley to the CMO spot, effective June 6. Bottomley comes to Calvin Klein from luxury home goods business Boll & Branch, where he was also CMO. He has also served as chief strategy officer at VICE Media. In his new post, Bottomley will report to Trish Donnelly, CEO of PVH Americas & Calvin Klein Global. “Jonathan is a highly experienced and transformational marketing leader. He has a proven track record in building global teams equipped to adapt to the opportunities of a digitally-driven marketing mix and the ability to marry commercial and aspirational elements of brands,” said Donnelly in a statement.
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| Natalie Bastian |
Teads, a technology platform that enables programmatic digital advertising across a global ecosystem, hires Natalie Bastian as global chief marketing officer. Bastian was most recently senior vice president and head of marketing at Tubi, Fox Corporation's free ad-supported streaming service. Before that, she served as head of sales marketing at Roku and general manager of marketing at DISH Media. “Natalie brings a fantastic blend of energy, experience and creativity to Teads’ leadership team,” said Teads co-CEO Jeremy Arditi. “We’re thrilled to bring an industry-leading marketer on board."
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
