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| Liz Keller |
Liz Keller, who was most recently executive VP at MSL Global's strategy center of excellence, is now at Burson in San Francisco as EVP, US strategy lead.
During her more than 20-year career Keller has handled clients in the biotech, pharma, personal care, CPG, technology and fast food sectors.
Keller also did an eight-year stint Weber Shandwick, rising to EVP, strategic business development, North America.
She also held strategy posts in London at Flipside Group, Friday and Edelman.
Craig Buchholz, Burson’s US CEO, called Keller an “exceptional strategic leader who is highly skilled in uncovering the deep human insights that facilitate genuine audience engagement and lead to preference, performance and ultimately strong reputations for brands and organizations.”
WPP owns Burson.
Brian Hughes, chief of staff at NASA, has joined Mercury Public Affairs as a partner in its Tallahassee office.
Cindy Leggett-Flynn, who most recently led communications at Credit Suisse, is coming on board at Swiss multinational private bank and wealth management firm Julius Baer Group as group head of communications.
The Pollack Group brings on John Cheng as creative director and Daniel Chou as director of digital strategy... Baretz+Brunelle, an advisory firm that works with legal industry businesses, brings on Daniel Gilfarb, as a senior managing director in its talent practice.... Prophet names Mat Zucker, who has served as interim CMO for the past two years, to the full-time CMO position.
Kelli Parsons, CEO of Hill & Knowlton, will take the helm of Avoq on February 1.
FGS Global has recruited Susan Ho, a veteran of Standard Chartered Bank and Brunswick Group, for the Asia chair position, a newly created post. 
