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| James Elias |
Hager Sharp names James Elias CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors. Elias came to Hager Sharp in 2010, and has most recently served as SVP, director of media strategy. He first joined the company’s management team in 2015. He has advised multiple agency accounts in the private, public and independent sectors on media relations, public affairs, crisis communications, and issues management. Areas he has focused on include early childhood, K-12, and higher education; social justice at the intersection of policy and advocacy; workforce development; and public health and healthcare. “James is an exceptional public relations leader with a strong command of the business fundamentals needed to guide a professional services firm through its next stage of growth,” said Marie C. Johns, chairman of Hager Sharp’s board of directors. “He brings a disciplined approach to operations, client service, and talent development, along with a clear understanding of how media relations and strategic communications drive value for clients.”
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| Hannah Karp |
Warner Music Group names Hannah Karp EVP & chief communications officer, effective January 26. Karp joins WMG from Billboard magazine, where she has been editor-in-chief since 2018. Before coming to Billboard, she was a longtime staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal, covering the music industry as well as sports and travel. At WMG, Karp will spearhead the company’s global communications and brand marketing strategies, ensuring a unified approach across its diverse portfolio of businesses. She will also oversee the company’s philanthropic efforts and special events. "She is widely respected across the business and creative communities, bringing invaluable relationships and a broad perspective shaped by over two decades at the center of the music and media conversation,” said WMG CEO Robert Kyncl.
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| Charlotte Blechman |
Actum, a strategic consulting firm, brings on former Tom Ford International CMO Charlotte Blechman to build out a new luxury, fashion and lifestyle consultancy. The new practice builds on the agency’s expansion into high-impact advisory work across strategy, communications, reputation and leadership counsel. Blechman most recently served as a consultant to apparel company alice + olivia as chief brand officer and head of new business development. At Tom Ford she oversaw global brand strategy across fashion, beauty, eyewear and timepieces. Her career also includes senior leadership roles at Barneys New York, Gucci Group, and Yves Saint Laurent. “Charlotte brings an exceptional understanding of luxury, fashion and lifestyle brands and how they operate at the intersection of culture, creativity and business,” said Actum co-founder and managing partner Kirill Goncharenko.
Highwire names Kelly Losko as CFO. Losko joins the agency from OLIVER Agency, where she was CFO, North America....TCW, a Los-Angeles based financial services company, brings on Lindsay DeLarme as global head of marketing & communications. DeLarme previously spending 13 years at Oaktree Capital, most recently serving as head of marketing and communications.... o9 Solutions, developer of the “Digital Brain,” names Adriel Sanchez CMO, a newly created position at the company. 
The National Association of Corporate Directors has named Brunswick Group veteran Mohamed Younis senior VP of content.
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
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.
