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| Drew Panayiotou |
Pfizer appoints Drew Panayiotou as its first global chief marketing officer, effective September 19. Panayiotou comes to Pfizer from Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences research arm, where he was CMO. He was previously president of Red Wagon Ventures, Chick-Fil-A’s new business incubator. At Pfizer, Panayiotou will be responsible for building commercial infrastructure for the company, reporting to Angela Hwang, head of Pfizer’s biopharmaceuticals unit. “Drew’s insights and diverse thinking will help us elevate the cutting-edge customer channels, skills and capabilities we need to deliver” new medicines to patients, Hwang said in a LinkedIn post.
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| Pieter de Gooijer |
Brunswick Group appoints Pieter de Gooijer, who spent the last five years as the Dutch ambassador to France, Monaco and Andorra, as a partner in its Brussels office. De Goojier was previously permanent representative of The Netherlands to the European Union, where he played a central role in the EU’s legislative and diplomatic processes. “Pieter’s distinguished career across government, industry and trade bodies will help elevate our public affairs capabilities in Brussels and across Europe even further,” said Brunswick Group CEO Neal Wolin. Brunswick has also brought on Virginie Banet and Bernhard Maier as senior advisors. Banet, who will work out of Paris, is the president of her own consultancy, IOLITE Consulting, and was previously a managing director at Nomura. Maier, based out of Germany, was most recently CEO of SJODA, part of Volkswagen.
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| Rebecca Calvin |
Stater Bros. Markets, a southern California grocery chain, hires Rebecca Calvin as SVP & CMO. Calvin succeeds EVP/CMO Dennis McIntyre, who is retiring. Most recently, Calvin was SVP and CMO at grocer The Save Mart Cos. In her new role, she will lead the Stater Bros.’ marketing function, including sales and merchandising, integrated marketing, e-commerce, and food strategy and innovation.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70,000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
Hotwire Global appoints Burson global chief digital & intelligence officer Grant Toups as global CEO, effective in January.
