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| Kristy Fercho |
Wells Fargo names Kristy Fercho as head of diverse segments, representation and inclusion at the company. Since it launched in 2020, the DSRI function has coordinated Wells Fargo’s DE&I efforts across the company – developing products and services to serve customers from underserved communities and driving DE&I initiatives firmwide. Fercho has served at Wells Fargo’s head of home lending since 2020, and her previous positions include president of mortgage at Flagstar Bank and senior vp at Fannie Mae. “Her deep business experience, including her most recent role as head of our home lending business, puts her in a unique position to make our DE&I work even more central to how we operate as a company and to drive positive outcomes for our employees and communities,” said Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf.
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| Phillip Collins |
Lansons appoints four senior advisors to enhance the firm’s capability for advising on reputation and ESG at board level. The four are: Philip Collins, CEO of The Draft and chief speech writer for former British prime minister, Tony Blair; Alliance Trust senior independent director and Diversity Project co-founder Sarah Bates; Shereen Daniels; managing director of HR rewired, and author of “The Anti-Racist Organization: Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace”; and former CMO of The Royal Bank of Scotland David Wheldon, OBE. “Together they will enhance our skills and capabilities and provide our clients with deep expertise from which to draw,” said Lansons CEO Gordon Tempest Hay/
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| Maayan Wenderow |
FundamentalVR, which specializes in immersive medical technology, names Maayan Wenderow, vice president of marketing. Wenderow was previously associate director of marketing at Baxter International and director of marketing at Cheetah Medical. At Fundamental VR, she will be leading marketing strategy and execution. The company has also brought on Erin Kullgren as vp of growth, Michelle Halsne as vp of sales and Dottie Barrett at vp of strategic data commericalization, bringing the proportion of women in FundamentalVR’s leadership to 55 percent.
Stagwell has named Lena Petersen, a veteran of MediaLink, Starcom MediaVest and Leo Burnett, chief brand and communications officer.
Carrie Healey has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP communications. Most recently, she was program lead at Purple Strategies.
HAVAS Red names Adeena Fried EVP health & wellness, based in New York... Genius Sports Limited, a provider of real-time sports data, names Tony Marlow as CMO... Deerfield Group, which works with clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, promotes Bill Veltre to chief media officer... The Public Affairs Council brings on Monica Day as senior manager in its political affairs practice, Deanna Wisniewski as senior manager of communications and Sam Kasner as manager of events. 
Imre names Paulina De la Riva chief strategy officer. De la Riva joins the agency from Ogilvy Health, where she most recently served as EVP, strategy for North America... FNK IR, a strategic investor relations firm focused on smaller cap companies, brings on Greg McKinley as director, investor relations... Bear Icebox Communications, a Chicago-based firm, promotes Sean Wille to VP, strategy + operations... Abode Worldwide, a specialist firmthat works across hotels, short-term rentals and the wider serviced living sectors, appoints Kerry Wilson as chief operating officer.
Method Communications names Lexy King SVP to head up the agency’s new corporate communications specialist group... Five9, provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, appoints Jay Lee as chief marketing and growth officer... Sundial Media & Technology Group, which is the parent company of such brands as ESSENCE and Refinery29, appoints Amanda Butler as CMO.
