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| Jane Geraghty |
WPP appoints Jane Geraghty as chief client officer, effective in January. Geraghty is currently CEO of Landor & Fitch, WPP’s specialist brand and design consultancy, where she will remain a board member as executive chairman. She has also also served as Landor’s president, EMEA and managing director, and before that she was managing director at Naked Communications and content development director at iTV. She succeeds Lindsay Pattison, who will now be WPP chief people officer. Based in New York, Geraghty will be responsible for leading WPP’s key client relationships and overseeing the company’s global client leaders. “As an established member of our executive committee, she comes to this role with an in-depth knowledge of our clients, our agencies and our people,” said WPP CEO Mark Read. Former Landor managing director Christian Schroeder is rejoining the agency as global president, reporting to Geraghty.
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| Chris Peddy |
Ghost Tequila, a 100% agave small batch premium spiced tequila, hires Chris Peddy as CMO. Peddy was most recently CMO at Mast-Jägermeister. He previously ran his own brand consulting firm, Vagabond Brand Consulting, and was VP global brands and marketing at Beam Global Spirits. In his new role, Chris will be responsible for overseeing all marketing initiatives nationally and internationally for the brand. "Chris is an outstanding storyteller and brand builder, the best I've seen in all my years across all beverage categories," said Ghost Tequila CEO Jeff Popkin.
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| Caitlin Stibitz |
Securityplus Federal Credit Union in Baltimore names Caitlin Stibitz as SVP of corporate communications & media. Stibitz was most recently VP of marketing strategy, branding and communications at First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union. Before that, she was manager, public relations & communications at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom. In her new role, Stibitz will oversee and drive the strategic direction of corporate communications, public relations, media and reputation management efforts. “With Caitlin at the helm of corporate communications and media, we are now in position to advance our communications strategies, media presence and brand recognition through strategic purpose-driven story-telling." Said Securityplus CEO Tricia Szurgot.
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
