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| Cliff Gallant |
AXIS Capital appoints Cliff Gallant as head of investor relations and corporate development. Gallant was previously VP of investor relations and corporate development at Hippo Insurance, building its investor relations program. He was previously SVP of investor relations at National General Insurance prior to its sale to Allstate, where he then served as on the company’s corporate development team. At AXIS, Gallant will report to CFO Peter Vogt and serve as a member of the company’s global finance leadership team. “Cliff brings expansive insurance expertise, ranging from building and running investor relations programs at insurance carriers to serving as a sell-side research analyst at leading firms,” said Vogt.
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| Anthony Conversa |
Cinch Home Services, which provides home protection plans that help customers cover the cost when appliances and essential home systems break down, names Anthony Conversa as CMO. Conversa most recently served as SVP and chief growth officer at lawn care TruGreen. Before that, he was president, direct-to-consumer and CMO for Brinks Home Security. At Cinch, Conversa will oversee PR, creative services, digital, brand and reputation management, content and analytics. He also will develop insights for consumer and business-to-business marketing strategies. "Anthony brings extensive experience leading marketing strategies and driving growth in home services industries," said Cinch CEO Steve Upshaw.
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| Monica Kumar |
Extreme Networks, a cloud networking company, brings on longtime Oracle vet Monica Kumar as EVP and chief marketing officer. Kumar comes to the company from Hitachi Vantara, where she also served as CMO. Before that, she was SVP marketing at Nutanix. Over a 20-year career at Oracle, she held a range of positions including senior director, database marketing and VP, database and big data cloud marketing. In her new post, Kumar will lead Extreme’s global marketing organization, reporting to company president and CEO Ed Meyercord. “Monica is a perfect combination of a technical and business savvy marketing leader with a talent for driving impactful initiatives that boost customer acquisition and revenue growth,” said Meyercord.
Stagwell has named Lena Petersen, a veteran of MediaLink, Starcom MediaVest and Leo Burnett, chief brand and communications officer.
Carrie Healey has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP communications. Most recently, she was program lead at Purple Strategies.
HAVAS Red names Adeena Fried EVP health & wellness, based in New York... Genius Sports Limited, a provider of real-time sports data, names Tony Marlow as CMO... Deerfield Group, which works with clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, promotes Bill Veltre to chief media officer... The Public Affairs Council brings on Monica Day as senior manager in its political affairs practice, Deanna Wisniewski as senior manager of communications and Sam Kasner as manager of events. 
Imre names Paulina De la Riva chief strategy officer. De la Riva joins the agency from Ogilvy Health, where she most recently served as EVP, strategy for North America... FNK IR, a strategic investor relations firm focused on smaller cap companies, brings on Greg McKinley as director, investor relations... Bear Icebox Communications, a Chicago-based firm, promotes Sean Wille to VP, strategy + operations... Abode Worldwide, a specialist firmthat works across hotels, short-term rentals and the wider serviced living sectors, appoints Kerry Wilson as chief operating officer.
Method Communications names Lexy King SVP to head up the agency’s new corporate communications specialist group... Five9, provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, appoints Jay Lee as chief marketing and growth officer... Sundial Media & Technology Group, which is the parent company of such brands as ESSENCE and Refinery29, appoints Amanda Butler as CMO.
