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| Meenakshi Yadav |
Real Chemistry names Meenakshi Yadav as chief AI products and solutions officer. Yadav joins the agency from Genentech, where she served as head of AI products. She was previously at Amazon, where she led product strategy for Alexa Smart Home. Yadav also spent more than a decade in product management roles at Publicis Sapient. "Meenakshi’s leadership, with her blend of client understanding and product strategy expertise, will be crucial to accelerating our AI capabilities to deliver even greater value and transformative innovation to our clients and the patients they serve," said Real Chemistry CEO Shankar Narayanan.
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| Clay Dunn |
Girl Scouts of the USA appoints Clay Dunn as chief communications and corporate affairs officer. Dunn joins the organization from VOW for Girls, a Ford Foundation-backed global movement focused on ending the international child marriage crisis, where he was CEO. He has also held executive posts at Share Our Strength, a nonprofit that fights hunger, and National Geographic. In his new position, Dunn guide the communications strategy for Girl Scouts of the USA, advising on public affairs and overseeing the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum and GSUSA’s cultural assets and archives. “Clay’s youth-focused and purpose-driven experience will serve the organization well,” said GSUSA CEO Bonnie Barczykowski.
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| Liam Murphy |
Wachsman, a communications strategy firm focused on crypto and the global mass market, promotes Liam Murphy to global president. Murphy, who most recently served as managing director, head of EMEA, has been with the firm since 2017. Before that, he was communications advisor to the director of strategy and corporate communications for the Europe Commission. In his new role, he will work to unify Wachsman’s regions, connect talent across borders, and ensure the firm delivers integrated global solutions at scale. Wachsman has also promoted Alex Corp to succeed Murphy as managing director, head of EMEA and Alex Sheehan to managing director, global head of strategy. Corp was previously executive director EMEA, head of UK and Ireland, and Sheehan served as head of strategy, EMEA. “By elevating Liam, Alex, and Alex, some of our longest-serving colleagues, into these roles, we’re reinforcing Wachsman’s foundations for the next decade,” said Wachsman founder and chief executive David Wachsman.
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Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
