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FGS Global is collaborating with The 350 Club, a closed community for board members and leaders of large global companies. This partnership will combine FGS Global’s expertise in stakeholder strategy and crisis management with The 350 Club’s platform, enabling senior board members and leaders to exchange insights and learnings. The Club community includes board and executive committee members from 97 percent of the FTSE 100, and board members from 90 percent of the FTSE 250. “FGS Global has long been a global partner to boards supporting them through times of crisis, activism and leadership change,” said Dorothy Burwell, who leads FGS Global’s UK Board Advisory practice. “We look forward to working with The 350 Club to leverage the collective knowledge of our over 1,500 global colleagues for the benefit of FTSE 350 boards.”
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Impact XM, a portfolio company of global investment firm The Riverside Company, acquires Jack Morton from Omnicom. The combined agency, with 20 offices spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, will operate under the Jack Morton name. Impact XM CEO Jared Pollacco will serve as CEO of the combined business. This is Impact XM’s fifth add-on completed since its acquisition by an affiliate of Riverside in December 2023. “We’ve always believed that creativity, innovation and exceptional execution are what move people, and this union accelerates that vision for both our clients and our teams,” said Pollacco. “The merger brings together Impact XM’s unified experiential approach and Jack Morton’s global scale and creative strength.”
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Southwest Strategies Group, a San Diego-based firm with offices in Fresno, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle, rebrands as Bodewell Group, unifying its family of agencies into a single strategic communications firm. Founded in 2000 by Alan Ziegaus and Cbris Wahl, the group’s acquisitions have included Katz & Associates, BergDavis Public Affairs, ColLAborate and Kiterocket. All of its legacy firms will now operate exclusively under the Bodewell Group brand. Bodewell works with clients in sectors including water, energy, transportation, land and technology to build awareness, engage stakeholders and remove barriers to progress on complex infrastructure and technology initiatives. “In a period of historic infrastructure expansion, our clients need clarity and alignment,” said Wahl, who serves as Bodewell’s CEO. “Our expanded capabilities help them secure support, manage risk, and deliver results.”
Mazarine, a global creative group that specializes in fashion, luxury, art and culture, acquires public relations and digital agency Bacchus... Arketi Group, a digital marketing and public relations agency for business-to-business technology companies, adds digital marketing agency Sperling to its platform.... Givsly, a values-based marketing company, launches an AI-powered audience discovery and activation tool meant to help marketers identify and reach high-potential audiences. 
TEAM LEWIS launches Catalyst, a multi-million-dollar fund and service designed to support marketing and communications agencies under financial pressure... Jasper, a marketing agents platform, unveils its end-to-end GEO Agent... H/Advisors launches an office in Warsaw, marking its entry into the Polish market.
Walker Sands acquires RevPartners, a revenue operations (RevOps) and GTM engineering firm... FoodMix Marketing Communications, a B2B and B2C full-service food and beverage marketing agency, transitions its ownership to Sara Hagen and Nadine Baarstad... Dynasty Financial Partners launches Dynasty Consulting Group, which will focus on helping RIAs accelerate growth and create enterprise value.
KNB Communications acquires Roketto, a digital agency specializing in generative engine optimization, web design and development, digital advertising and inbound marketing strategy. The combined agency rebrands as Sōvyn... Krupp Agency, an independent New York shop, celebrates its 30th anniversary.... The Worldcom Public Relations Group adds CARRALSIERRA in Mexico City and We Are DNA in Bristol, UK.
The Motion Agency, a woman-owned marketing-services agency, acquires Chicago-based ad agency LKH&S, which has clients such as Hyundai, EmployCo, EvAI and Toggler... Method Communications, which has offices in New York, London and San Francisco, opens in Boston... IPREX adds Coral Communications (South Africa), PR Consultancy (Montenegro) SE2 (Denver) and Trium (Albania).
