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| Jeanine O'Kane |
Syneos Health ups Jeanine O’Kane to president of Syneos Health Communications — a portfolio of agencies spanning advertising, public relations, patient advocacy, medical communications, managed markets, and naming and branding. O’Kane previously led US Public Relations Group for the Syneos Health Communications unit. She has also served as managing director at Biosector2 (a Syneos company), North America director of healthcare for MSLGROUP and director of the New York healthcare practice at Ogilvy Public Relations. “We are excited for Jeanine to take on her new role as president, continuing to advance innovative solutions, to drive growth and enterprise value,” said Syneos Health COO Michael Brooks.
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| Anne (McNally) Hammer |
Manulife, a multinational insurance company and financial services provider headquartered in Toronto, promotes Anne (McNally) Hammer to global chief communications officer. Hammer most recently served as Manulife’s global head of external communications and chief communications officer of John Hancock, the company’s US arm. She was previously global head of public relations at State Street Capital and has held executive posts at True North Brand Group and AMP Agency. In her new position, Hammer will oversee the internal, external and events communications strategies and execution for all business lines for Manulife. One of her first priorities will be to issue an RFP for a North American PR agency of record.
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| Lauren Spoto |
Dreamday, a marketing and growth consultancy for impact-driven companies, names Lauren Spoto chief of staff, a newly created position. Spoto joins the firm from Autumn Communications, where she most recently served as associate VP of operations and HR. She previously worked at TURNER, BPCM and Lou Hammond Group. At Dreamday, Spoto’s responsibilities will include working to grow the company’s revenue and new business, recruiting top talent, and solidifying its position as a leading performance PR agency.
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.
