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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.
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.
