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| Sasha Damouni Ellis |
Vir Biotechnology brings on Sasha Damouni Ellis as EVP and chief corporate affairs officer, effective July 10. Damouni Ellis joins the company from Marinus Pharmaceuticals, where she was senior VP, corporate affairs and investor relations. She has also served as director of external communications and media relations for Bayer U.S. and worked as a senior healthcare journalist at Bloomberg News and global editor of BioPharm Insight. In her new post. Damouni Ellis will be responsible for Vir’s strategic approach to corporate communications, government affairs, investor relations and patient advocacy, as well as for establishing the company’s corporate social responsibility and environmental, social and governance efforts. “Sasha has an impressive track record as both a corporate communications and investor relations leader,” said Vir CEO Marianne De Backer.
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| Stéphanie Cau |
Renault Group hires Stéphanie Cau as CCO effective July 17. Cau most recently served as senior VP—CSR, brand & communications at testing, inspection and certification multinational Bureau Veritas. She was previously head of brand and communications at Oberthur Technologies and marketing manager at Groupe Bon Marché. At Renault, she will lead global communications for the group and its brands (Renault, Dacia, Alpine, Mobilize).
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| Jerry JK Tillery |
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance adds Jerry J.K. Tillery to its executive team as the organization’s first chief impact officer. Tillery was most recently a senior VP at the American Red Cross. He previously served as VP, operations at Wellstar Health Systems and senior manager, strategic planning and marketing at Emory Healthcare. At the Alliance, Tillery is tasked with ensuring the success of the organization’s programmatic and operational functions as it works to reach a broader population. “Jerry’s unique career path and his unwavering dedication to service position him for incredible impact as we harness the power of the communities we serve to end colorectal cancer,” said Alliance CEO Michael Sapienza.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
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.
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.
