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| Alexis Chalopin |
Renault Group hires Alexis Chalopin as VP in charge of European affairs. Since 2023, Chalopin has served as industry and innovation advisor to the French Representation to the European Union and negotiator at the Council of the European Union. He was previously at Ernst & Young as a public policy evaluator. In his new post, Chalopin will be tasked with maintaining Renault’s dynamic of dialogue and cooperations with European authorities and stakeholders. “His knowledge of both the sector and European issues will be key to the development of our activities in Brussels,” said Renault Group director of public affairs Jean-André Barbosa.
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| Margaret Dawson |
SUSE, an open source technology company, appoints Margaret Dawson as CMO. Dawson joins SUSE from cloud-native observability platform Chronosphere, where she also served as CMO. She has led programs and teams at companies including Amazon, Microsoft, HP and Red Hat. At SUSE, Dawson will lead efforts to define and amplify the company’s narrative in the enterprise open source software market, working to ensure consistent messaging across brand, product, customer and community touchpoints. “With a proven track record of scaling technology brands and turning marketing into a true growth engine, I’m confident in Margaret’s expertise to accelerate our global leadership and capitalize on this moment,” said SUSE CEO DP van Leeuwen.
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| Denise Lauer |
Portillo’s, which operates 95 restaurants across 10 states, hires Denise Lauer as CMO, effective Sept. 22. Most recently, Lauer served as CMO at Marco’s Pizza, leading a team responsible for brand, media, digital, field marketing, customer experience, and product and channel innovation. Before that, she was CMO at Morton Salt and associate manager, communications at PepsiCo’s Quaker Foods & Snacks unit. “Denise’s proven track record of revitalizing customer experiences, growing sales and transactions, and building high-performing marketing teams will be instrumental as we continue to expand Portillo's reach and deepen our connection with guests across the country,” said Portillo’s president and CEO Michael Osanloo.
Jim O’Leary, Weber Shandwick global president and North America CEO, has joined Penta Group, the DC corporate advisory, as CEO.
ROKK Solutions has named Amy Fox chief corporate communications officer to oversee its new corporate affairs unit.
Orchestra adds Andrew Bates and Kristen Orthman to its advisory practice. Both of them worked in the Biden administration... DeepIntent, a healthcare demand-side platform, appoints Ian Colley as CMO... Fanatics Commerce, a direct-to-consumer platform within sports apparel and fan gear company Fanatics, names Jamie Gersch CMO... Cboe Global Markets, a global markets operator and pioneer in equity derivatives, hires Julie Bauer as SVP, head of government relations.
August brings on Andrew Jarrell as a managing director in its New York office. Jarrell comes to the agency from Group Gordon, where he most recently served as chief strategy officer... PSD, which produces activewear and underwear worn by and made for professional athletes, hires Dan Harbison as SVP of marketing and Monica Lin as VP of brand marketing... UKG, an AI platform that combines HR, pay and workforce management, names Vitor De Souza chief communications officer. 
Dezenhall Resources brings on Jessica DeLoach as VP. DeLoach was previously deputy director of public and media relations at the Southern Poverty Law Center... Crowe Media hires Alissa Kasawdish as senior integrated PR manager. Kasawdish was previously an account supervisor at J/PR... Benefitbay, a SaaS platform that lets users make their own benefit decisions, names Lindsey Unterberger as VP of marketing.
