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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.
Breakwater Strategy, a strategic insights and communications consultancy, brings on former CNN justice correspondent Jessica Schneider as a VP... Stratacomm, a DC-based firm, names Darren Scher chief operating and integration officer. Scher comes to the agency from Adfero, where he was most recently managing director... Dreamday hires Veronica Gauthier as SVP of growth... TextNow appoints Bonnie Herche as VP of marketing. Herche joins the company from Crain Communications
DCI Group has hired Will Stevens, who has more than 20 years of
Imre names Fred Hickman EVP, group account lead. Hickman joins Imre from Klick, an agency that works with life sciences companies... Residence, a global network of creative companies, brings on Julian McBride as head of communications, a newly created role... Sherlock Communications, which has offices in Bogotå, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Santiago, appoints Bianca Boucault, Maria Amelia Costa and Patricia Zylberman as managing directors.
Nick Mammano, who was president/CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, has rejoined Mercury Public Affairs as a managing director in its Saddle Brook office.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
