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FTI Consulting appointed Juan Rivera senior managing director in Madrid. Heading FTI’s Spain strategic communications operation, he’ll collaborate with colleagues to provide a suite of solutions to local and multinational companies. Rivera joins FTI from Llorente & Cuenca in Mexico, where he was a partner and managing director.
Didit of Mineola (NY) hired John Platé as VP of fulfillment services for Didit DM, its direct marketing division in Plainview, He was president of CPW Group, a direct marketing firm based in Bohemia, NY, that he co-founded in 1996. In 2011, he was inducted into the Direct Marketing Association of Long Island Hall of Fame. Platé will oversee Didit DM’s fulfillment services team, as well as development of new fulfillment projects.
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Dix & Eaton recruited Brady Cohen for the chief digital officer slot at the Cleveland-based shop. He will handle client engagements, build digital capabilities, drive best practices and advance the firm’s infrastructure. Cohen had led digital consumer marketing at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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Hemsworth Communications added two staffers in its Atlanta outpost. Jennifer Rosa joins as a bilingual account executive. She was at ABM Franchising Group, where she supported the company's network of more than 250 international franchise locations with internal and external communications, media relations, thought leadership and trade show/event management. Amanda Parham joined Hemsworth as account executive from Cohn & Wolfe, where she worked on consumer, corporate, government, healthcare and technology business.

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Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development.
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
DGA Group has lined up the former US ambassadors to Qatar and Saudi Arabia as senior advisors to help clients navigate that politically complex region.



