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| Tom White |
FGS Global brings on Tom White as a partner on its Brussels leadership team. White most recently served as director at Global Counsel, where he built the firm’s EU team and led its Brussels office. He has also held several roles within the UK Government. At FGS White will leverage his regulatory and political expertise in energy, financial services and industrial policy to augment the firm’s offering. “His extensive policy expertise and networks in Brussels and across Europe will help create significant additional value for our global energy, financial services and industrials clients across Europe,” said FGS CEO of Europe Brigitte von Haacke.
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| Kayla Blado |
Hailstone Communications hires Kayla Blado, the former director of congressional and public affairs for the National Labor Relations Board, as EVP. Blado was most recently a Fulbright Scholar at the European Trade Union Institute, working on a project to create a labor communicator network between Europe and the US. Before coming to the NLRB, she served as director of media relations at the Economic Policy Institute. Blado’s hire is part of Hailstone’s efforts to expand its labor practice. “Kayla has a stellar reputation for doing incredible work at the Labor Board, Economic Policy Institute and other organizations, and has built crucial relationships across the labor movement, coalition allies and the press,” said Hailstone president Dave Bates.
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| Ivy Charmatz |
The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ names Ivy Charmatz SVP of communications and content strategy, a newly created role. Charmatz joins the center from Mercury Public Affairs, where she was an SVP. Before coming to Mercury, Charmatz was executive producer, news & special projects at 24-hour local news station News 12 New Jersey. While she was at News 12 New Jersey, she partnered with the Basie Center to produce several projects. In her new role, she will lead the center’s institutional storytelling and strategic communications. Count Basie Center for the Arts president and CEO Adam Philipson said that Charmatz’s “deep history with the Basie Center and her gift for storytelling” will help the center share its next chapter “in ways that resonate with audiences, supporters and partners across the region.”
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
