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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.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York). 
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Hotwire Global appoints Burson global chief digital & intelligence officer Grant Toups as global CEO, effective in January.
Bader Rutter, which works with clients in the agriculture, food, beverage and pet care sectors, appoints Demar Anderson as CMO... Acceleration Community of Companies appoints Michael Moschella to lead its new insights division, ACC Intelligence... Luminate, a London-based shop focused on infrastructure and energy sectors, hires Osman Dervish as director—head of development... The Alpine Group promotes Alison Graab to principal from SVP.
