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| Josh Tzuker |
FGS Global brings on Josh Tzuker, who most recently served as chief of staff and senior counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division, as the agency’s global head of antitrust and competition. Before joining the DoJ, Tzuker was senior policy advisor, competition and privacy, at Oracle as well as a lead attorney in Commissioner Terrell McSweeny’s office at the Federal Trade Commission. Based in Washington, D.C., he will focus on advising clients on communications and advocacy related to corporate competition, policy, cross-border investments and M&A, working closely with Brussels-based partner Sebastian Vos who recently joined FGS after a decade at Covington & Burling advising clients on EU antitrust and competition matters. “With his extensive experience from his recent leadership role in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division and previous role at the Federal Trade Commission, Josh will be an invaluable asset to our team, both in the U.S. and internationally,” said Alexander Geiser, Global CEO of FGS Global.
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| (L-R) Andrew de Lara, Julia Henry |
BSH Home Appliances Corporation hires Andrew de Lara as senior media relations & PR strategy manager and promotes Julia Henry to head of corporate communication & government affairs for North America. De Lara was most recently a communications/PR/brand consultant for athlete-marketing agency Athelo Group, and he has also overseen PR/strategic marketing for brands including Fisker, Lucas Oil, Oakley, Sprint and the LA Lakers. In his new post, he will be the primary PR/external communications strategist for BSH in the US, Canada and Mexico. Henry was previously head of corporate press and public relations at BSH’s Munich headquarters. Before coming to BSH, she worked for Fujitsu, Bain & Company and Daimler (Mercedes Benz + Smart).
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| Kerel Cooper |
GumGum, a contextual-first, global digital advertising platform, appoints Kerel Cooper as CMO. Cooper was most recently president of advertising at Group Black, an accelerator advancing Black-owned media properties. He was previously CMO at marketing platform LiveIntent. At GumGum, Cooper will be responsible for leading the platform's global marketing strategy, fostering brand and agency adoption of its advertising solutions, and driving overall growth. “Kerel's unparalleled expertise in ad tech is exactly what we need to skyrocket our growth,” said GumGum CEO Phil Schraeder.
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.
FGS Global brings on Harry Florry as head of Singapore and Andrew Yeo as global policy partner Asia... ACORE CAPITAL, a commercial real estate debt investment manager, appoints Cynthia Holahan as CMO, a newly created role at the company... NVE Experience Agency, a global brand experience firm, hires Justin Biskin as SVP in its sports marketing practice. Biskin joins NVE from Nike.
Ipsos, a market research and polling company, appoints Marion Beyret as chief communications officer... TENEX.ai, an AI‑native, human‑led SOC (security operations center) appoints Richard Rogers as CMO... Arizona Athletics hires Carter Toole as chief communications officer and senior associate athletics director.
