On the Move: Bit.bio Taps Trout Group's Michael Booth as SVP, External Affairs and IR

Michael Booth

bit.bio, a cell coding company, brings on former Trout Group managing director Michael Booth as senior VP, external affairs and investor relations. Booth joins bit.bio from Crescendo Biologics where he was responsible for financial strategy and reporting as well as global investor relations and communications. He has also held senior investor relations and communications posts at Incyte and Alegta. In his new position, Booth will be responsible for building and managing relationships with capital markets participants, enhancing communications strategies, and furthering bit.bio's mission of coding cells for novel cures. “As a proven investor relations leader with excellent capital markets relationships on both sides of the Atlantic, Mike will immediately broaden our network and strengthen our communications with both current and new investors," said bit.bio CEO Bernhard Klemen

Fab Dolan

Appen Limited, a company that provides data services for deep learning and generative artificial intelligence systems, hires Fab Dolan, who most recently served as global marketing director for Android at Google, as CMO. Before heading up Android’s marketing, Dolan was country marketing director at Google Canada and he has also been digital marketing manager at General Mills. “Fab is an exceptional marketing leader with over a decade of experience building high performing marketing teams for one of the biggest companies in the world,” said Appen CEO Armughan Ahmad.

Lana Marshall

Trust Relations promotes Lana Marshall to chief operations officer. Marshall has been with the agency since 2020, most recently serving as chief client officer. She was previously at SEEN Group, where she led client communications and PR team management for six Revlon brands. As COO at Trust Relations, Marshall will oversee and streamline all agency operations, while also driving initiatives to promote a considerate workplace culture and improve client experience. “Lana is an innovative, organized and pragmatic leader who has been instrumental in increasing productivity and driving forth our mission to reinvent public relations with a kinder, more transparent approach,” said Trust Relation CEO and founder April White.