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| Brent Mullins |
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing. He was previously senior director, entertainment marketing at Endeavor and an account director at PMK•BNC. At Ruder Finn, Mullins will be work across practice areas including brand experience, technology and healthcare to build and strengthen meaningful talent relations for brands. "Brent brings deep experience across entertainment, music, sports and brand partnerships that will be transformative for our clients,” said Ruder Finn EVP, head of digital Eric Petersen. “His track record of helping brands connect with the right talent will help us deliver partnerships that drive real, measurable impact for our clients.”
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| Katie Huang Shin |
Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14. Shin was most recently president of Big Valley Marketing. Before that, she served as president at Axicom. Shin has also led the tech sector and served as chief strategy officer at WE Communication, as well as holding executive posts at Porter Novelli and FleishmanHillard. In her new post, she will provide senior-level support to Allison Worldwide clients, driving business growth and expanding the agency's long-term strategic vision for the technology sector. “Katie is a transformational leader with an impressive history of building teams, growing businesses and advising technology clients at every level," said Allison Worldwide executive chair and Stagwell vice chair Ray Day.
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| Cindy White |
Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. White was previously CMO at digital identity verification company Mitek Systems. She has also held marketing positions at FICO and Microsoft. “Cindy’s global expertise and proven ability to scale marketing organizations across both direct and partner-driven go-to-markets will be instrumental as Vasion continues to expand its leadership in Intelligent Print Automation,” said Vasion CEO and co-founder Ryan Wedig. “Her track record with publicly traded technology innovators and her deep understanding of how to build brands that drive measurable growth make her a tremendous addition to our leadership team.”
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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. 
