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| Fabiola Torres |
GAP has recruited Fabiola Torres from PepsiCo to serve as its global CMO. At PepsiCo, Torres was most recently SVP and CMO for energy drinks and its Hispanic business unit. Before joining PepsiCo in 2020, she was VP global marketing at Apple and worked for 18 years at Nike in a range of senior marketing and brand strategy positions. In her new post, Torres will oversee marketing, creative, merchandising, store experience and operations teams. “It was incredibly important to bring on a leader who can navigate transformation, build brands that shape culture, and lead with purpose,” Global GAP CEO and president Mark Breitbard wrote in a memo to employees.
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| Kristal McKanders Dube |
BMG, an international music company that is part of Bertelsmann, appoints Kristal McKanders Dube as global corporate communications lead. McKanders Dube joins BMG from Warner Music Group, where as SVP of communications and marketing, she led the global communications function at Warner Chappell Music, the company’s publishing arm. Before coming to WMG, she held brand leadership posts at Pacific Hospitality Group and InterContinental Hotels Group as well as working at Jackson Spalding and MSLGROUP. At BMG, McKanders Dube will handle corporate communications worldwide, spearheading internal and external communications efforts. “Kristal’s innate storytelling ability, coupled with her expertise in corporate and music publishing communications, makes her an invaluable addition to our team,” said BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld.
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| Ron Feinbaum |
PYA, a professional services firm with specialized expertise in healthcare consulting and certified public accounting, brings on Ron Feinbaum as CMO. Feinbaum most recently served as head of market growth for strategic communications and management consultancy Boldsquare. Before that, he was SVP and general manager of marketing, consumer products and home promotions at Scripps Network Interactive, with direct focus on HGTV and Food Network. In his new post, he will be responsible for growing PYA’s business relationships in alignment with its corporate strategies, messaging, values and brand. “Ron’s long and successful career has been achieved through strategic and values-driven planning to maximize business development and brand awareness through target-oriented marketing strategies,” said PYA president and CEO Marty Brown.
Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
HUNTER brings on Lori Ruggiero as managing director of its corporate communications practice... Covo Intelligence, an independent research and intelligence firm, names Tony Cheevers director of strategic growth... MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) hires Brian Swarth as SVP of marketing, effective July 20. 
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
