 Ray Day |
IBM has named Ray Day its new chief communications officer. He’ll take the spot in December with the retirement of Jon Iwata who will retire after 34 years at Big Blue. Day comes to IBM after spending 28 years at Ford, where he was group VP of communications, leading its global comms efforts. Iwata will stay with IBM as a consultant through the first part of 2018, according to the company. Day succeeds former IBM chief communications officer Andy Whitehouse, who left the company after less than a year in February; the role has been vacant since then. He will report to IBM chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty.
 Brian Kennedy |
FTI Consulting has appointed Brian Kennedy head of the Americas for its strategic communications segment. He succeeds Mark McCall, who will assume the role of global segment leader for strategic communications. Kennedy, who has been with FTI since 2008, was most recently global head of energy & natural resources within the strategic communications segment. Prior to joining FTI, Kennedy held several communications and public policy roles in Congress, including press secretary for the then-Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. John A. Boehner. In his new post, he will help to ensure that the segment’s vision, strategy and operational goals are realized while overseeing growth and development in the hemisphere. Chris Tucker, who has been with FT for nine years, will succeed Mr. Kennedy as the segment’s global head of energy & natural resources.
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Ketchum has announced that partner Denise Kaufman, currently CEO of Ketchum London and a member of the firm's global leadership council, is returning to the U.S. to take on the role of director of client development for North America. She will be succeeded as CEO of Ketchum London by Jo-ann Robertson. Both roles are effective January 2018. Kaufmann has led the London office since 2013. Robertson has been deputy CEO of Ketchum London since 2015. Kaufmann will now be based in Chicago, focusing on providing counsel for the firm's North America-based clients. Robertson will assume responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the London office, which includes securing and retaining talent and building on the office's base of brand, corporate, healthcare, public affairs and technology clients.
August brings on Andrew Jarrell as a managing director in its New York office. Jarrell comes to the agency from Group Gordon, where he most recently served as chief strategy officer... PSD, which produces activewear and underwear worn by and made for professional athletes, hires Dan Harbison as SVP of marketing and Monica Lin as VP of brand marketing... UKG, an AI platform that combines HR, pay and workforce management, names Vitor De Souza chief communications officer. 
Dezenhall Resources brings on Jessica DeLoach as VP. DeLoach was previously deputy director of public and media relations at the Southern Poverty Law Center... Crowe Media hires Alissa Kasawdish as senior integrated PR manager. Kasawdish was previously an account supervisor at J/PR... Benefitbay, a SaaS platform that lets users make their own benefit decisions, names Lindsey Unterberger as VP of marketing.
Catherine Sullivan, global chief communications officer at Burson, has exited the WPP unit after a 12-year run.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation hires Amy Martin Ziegenfuss as CMO, effective June 3. Ziegenfuss was most recently CMO at Carnival Cruise Line... Narrative Strategies brings on Hanna Beckman and Rich Casale as senior directors... Grayling has appointed Maury Postal as EVP, creative strategy and innovation services... HMH (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), an educational publisher and technology company focused on K–12 education, assessments and professional learning, names Jessica Naeve CMO.
Brunswick Group has announced that Teneo's Christian Buss and Netflix's Paul Shaw have joined the firm as partners in San Francisco.
