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| Celia Jones |
FINN Partners promotes Celia Jones to global chief marketing officer, from her previous role as global director of marketing communications. Jones joined FINN Partners in 2021 after serving as CEO of independent advertising agency The Escape Pod. She has also led brand marketing and PR at Havas, and served as global marketing director at experience design agency Critical Mass. In her new role, Jones will be responsible for building on FINN’s global leadership in public relations and strategic communications, advancing the firm’s reputation for integrated marketing and creative services, amplifying thought leadership and novel platforms for new business growth, driving integration and leading internal communications. “She embodies our values and has played a pivotal role in bringing our core sense of purpose to the forefront of our marketing efforts, as a magnet for people and clients who share our mission and values. As CMO, Celia is the ideal person to steward our brand into the next stage of global growth,” said FINN Partners CEO and founding partner Peter Finn.
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| Sadé Muhammad |
Time names Sadé Muhammad as CMO. Muhammad comes to Time from Forbes, where she founded its representation and inclusion practice. She previously worked at NBC Universal and was a reporter for Black Enterprise. In her new role, Muhammad will be responsible for the brand’s integrated marketing, customer success, branded content and communications, in addition to its newly created impact division. “Sadé’s background as a marketer, trained journalist and changemaker makes her the perfect person to lead Time as our chief marketing officer,” said Time CEO Jessica Sibley.
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| Sarah Grubbs, Zack Kozlak |
TrailRunner International ups Sarah Grubbs and Zack Kozlak to managing director in the agency’s Nashville and New York offices respectively. Grubbs joined the firm in 2018 and most recently served as director in the Nashville office. Before coming to TrailRunner, she worked in the public affairs and crisis division at BCW. Kozlak, who was most recently director in the New York office, joined TrailRunner from BCW in 2016 and now advises global companies on a range of matters from financial communications and corporate reputation to complex M&A transactions. The agency has also promoted Carlton Rollins to director in its New York office.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
Kieran Mahoney, who founded Mercury Public Affairs more than 27 years ago, has stepped down as CEO and assumed the executive chairman post.
