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| Bob Ray |
Marketbridge brings on Bob Ray as CEO. Ray was previously CEO, head of B2B agency services at Merkle, part of the Dentsu Group. Before that, he was president of ad agency gyro, which was later merged with Merkle. He has held leadership roles across firms serving such clients as Cisco, Oracle, AWS and GE. Ray succeeds John Shomaker, will remain actively involved with Marketbridge as an advisor. “With Bob’s leadership and the addition of key talent, we will accelerate our next chapter and deliver truly differentiated, outcome-focused growth solutions for enterprise clients worldwide,” said Tony Brindisi, board member, co-founder and managing partner at RTC Partners, which owns Marketbridge.
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| (L-R) Andy Hoglund, Graham Shalgian |
Rasky Partners promotes Andy Hoglund and Graham Shalgian to partner. Hoglund, currently an SVP and director of digital strategy at Rasky Partners, is a subject matter expert in energy and clean energy in the U.S. As a partner, he will continue to oversee the firm’s digital offerings, advising clients across industries on digital and content strategies as well as how to maximize their digital presence and voice. Rasky Partners principal Justine Griffin, cites Hoglund’s “combination of subject matter expertise, media savvy, creativity and relentlessness.” Shalgian, who worked for Sen. Edward Kennedy for more than a decade, has represented New England companies and institutions as well as securing federal funding for numerous New England non-profits. He will continue to lead Rasky’s federal government relations practice group and help drive the firm’s plans for growth. “Clients come to Graham because they trust him to guide them through corridors of power in Washington,” said Rasky Partners principal George Cronin.
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| Charlotte Burch |
IGB Group, an investor relations, capital markets, and strategic communications advisory firm, appoints Charlotte Burch as a managing director. Burch comes to IGB from Joele Frank, where she most recently served as a director. She is experienced in guiding companies through complex transactions, shareholder activism defense, litigation and a range of high-stakes corporate situations. At IGB, she will support clients with their ongoing investor relations and public relations programs. “Charlotte’s deep expertise in advising clients through acute special situations and investor relations matters will be a tremendous asset to our clients," said IGB Group CEO and managing partner Leon Berman.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
Kieran Mahoney, who founded Mercury Public Affairs more than 27 years ago, has stepped down as CEO and assumed the executive chairman post.
