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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
