TRACKING NEW INFLUENCERS IN APRIL 2021

Source: Politico

#SustainablePublicAffairs: Daan van Apeldoorn is now a consultant focusing on the circular economy, energy and climate

Amazon: Eirini Zafeiratou has left Amazon and is now vice president for corporate communications and government affairs at Zalando.

amfori: Christian Ewert, president of amfori, has announced that he will step down as leader of the international business association in June.

BCW Brussels: BCW Brussels has announced a host of new promotions: Agata Spissu is now senior account director; Anne-Catherine Louppe is team assistant and training coordinator; Irene Melián Armas is account manager; Josephine Dufour is senior account executive; Mared Gwyn Jones is account director; Marta Bombelli is senior account executive; Mathias van Malderghem-Nagy is account director; Nevena Vukašinović is account manager; Roger Pallarés Sastre is also account manager; and Zsófia Szakony is senior account executive.

BCW: Jose Lalloum, former chairman of the European Public Affairs Consultancies Association, has joined BCW Brussels as senior adviser.

BEUC: European consumer group BEUC has appointed Pauline Constant as its new head of communications.

Brunswick: John Rega, POLITICO’s former financial services guru, has started as a director at Brunswick in Brussels.

Covington & Burling: Wesley Lepla has been promoted to special counsel as of April 1.

Deliveroo: Ronan Breen is leaving Red Flag and will start as the head of public affairs, EU for Deliveroo next month.

eBay: Denisa Avram, currently eBay’s senior EU policy analyst in Brussels, will move to Bucharest to become public affairs manager for Spanish delivery platform Glovo. Avram will cover Central and Eastern Europe.

Edelman: Dafni Kachrila Skouteli has left Hanbury Strategy and is now part of the Edelman healthcare team in Brussels.

Eurochambres: Lina Konstantinopoulou has started a new position as policy director.

EuroCommerce:  Director General Christian Verschueren will be standing downfrom his post later this year after a successor has been appointed, and the board will be starting the process of finding a replacement.

EuropaBio (The European Association for Bioindustries): Dovilé Sandaraité is now communications manager at EuropaBio.

European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME: Maurizio Casasco, president of the Italian SME confederation CONFAPI, is the new president of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME.

European Policy Centre: Georg Emil Riekeles, former adviser to Michel Barnier, has joined the European Policy Centre as associate director.

European Policy Centre: The European Policy Centre has added five new members to its Governing Board: Franziska Brantner, Susan Danger, Brigid Laffan, Alexander Stubb and Nathalie Tocci.

Fiscal Note: FiscalNote, which provides software and political intelligence around legislative and regulatory risk, has named CropLife’s Alan Hardacre and Nouryon’s Marcel Halma to its board of advisors.

FleishmanHillard: Thibault Jacobs-Boutherin has been promoted to vice-president, associate director and head of media relations. Hannah Richards has been promoted to associate director and Katie Riminton has been promoted to account manager

Forbidden Colours: Rémy Bonny is now executive director

Forefront Advisers: Gilhean Slater has moved from POLITICO to become senior business development consultant at Forefront Advisers.

Google: Mark Jansen is leaving Google, where he’s currently the director of communications for Northern Europe, to join Stripe as its global policy communications lead.

Hume Brophy: Hume Brophy has appointed Alastair Gornall as non-executive chair. He succeeds Michael Brophy, who has chaired the business since 2012.  Robin Hamman has been appointed as  group director of digital strategy.

Liquid Gas Europe: Ewa Abramiuk-Lété has left Sustainable Fuels and Cefic and will take on the role of general manager at Liquid Gas Europe in May.

MLex Market Insight:  MLex Market Insight co-founder Robert McLeod and former Commission official Paolo Cesarini have joined Teneo’s senior adviser group. Both will play a role in reinforcing the firm’s existing competition and antitrust offering in Brussels.

Ogilvy Social.Lab: Alicia Chen joined Ogilvy Social.Lab as a junior account manager, focusing on tech policy. Jacques Foul has joined as a social media strategist, focusing on SEO/SEA, while Diane Munyeshuli has joined as a junior account manager, supporting the Africa-EU campaign communication campaign for DG DEVCO.

Open Society Foundations: Daniela Schwarzer will take the role of executive director for Europe and Eurasia starting in May.

Red Flag: Ronan Breen is leaving Red Flag

Rise: Duncan Lumsden has joined RISE as senior political risk and media adviser.

Rud Pedersen Public Affairs: Rud Pedersen Public Affairs has promoted Ilaria Lojodice to associate director with responsibility for its climate and energy team and Kaat Detré to senior consultant in its tech and consumer team. Meanwhile, Duncan Casey and Miriam Rosales García have both become consultants. Robert Wright has joined Rud Pedersen as a director on April 15 to lead their sustainability efforts. He joins from FleishmanHillard, where he led its chemicals and environment practice.

Social Platform: An alliance of 45 NGO European networks fighting for social justice in Europe, has named Alva Finn as director.

Specialised Nutrition Europe: Estrella Bengio has become interim executive director

Stripe: Mark Jansen joins Stripe as its global policy communications

Teneo: MLex Market Insight co-founder Robert McLeod and former Commission official Paolo Cesarini have joined Teneo’s senior adviser group

The Whitehouse Consultancy: The Whitehouse Consultancy , a Brussels and London-based political communications agency established in 1998, has rebranded as Whitehouse Communications.

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe: Inês Rebelo, who previously worked at Airports Council International Europe, is its new communications manager.

Weber Shandwick: Metka Cavka Luciani has joined Brussels’ public affairs team as account director, sustainability. Carolina Cazzarolli is joining the team as associate. In addition, Tine Rombouts joined the Belgian market practice as associate, corporate affairs, while Charlotte Dutron has joined as associate, digital. Weber Shandwick has also announced new promotions: Christian Prior is promoted to senior vice president, employee engagement and change management. Carlo De Giacomo is promoted to manager, international affairs and financial services, and Thomas Worack is promoted to manager, public affairs. John-Kenneth Billingsley is now executive vice president, EMEA health policy & advocacy. Malin Ljung Eiborn is joining the firm’s team in Stockholm as Weber Shandwick EMEA’s sustainability lead.

Zalando: Eirini Zafeiratou has left Amazon and is now vice president for corporate communications and government affairs at Zalando.