TRACKING INFLUENCERS IN THE NEWS JULY 2022

Acumen Public Affairs: Giorgio Severi is a new consultant on sustainability 

British Chamber of Commerce EU & Belgium (BritCham): Brian Ager is the new director general taking over for Sue Arundale.

Confederation of Spanish Employers and Industries (CEOE): Isabel Yglesias has been named head of EU Affairs. Her last post was head of the European Cleaning and Facility Services Industry.

Eu travel tech: Annalaura Gallo, previously of APCO Worldwide, has been named EU affairs director  

EuropaBio: Patricia Malarkey, global Chief Science Officer at DSM is the new chair.

European Bioplastics: Stefan Barot of BIOTEC is the new chairpersonsucceeding François de Bie of TotalEnergies Corbion.

European Digital Payments Industry Association: Bo Nilsson, board member of Nexi Group and former Nets Group CEO is the new president succeeding Worldline CEO Gilles Grapinet. 

France Industrie: France Industrie  is boosting its Brussels presence by creating an EU affairs department, and promoting the head of its EU office, Pierre Laffont, to the post of EU affairs director. 

Haleon: Harald Boerekamp is the new director director of EU corporate government affairs via the Flemish home affairs agency. 

ICI Global Brussels: Corrado Camera, a veteran adviser to the U.S. Trade Representative in Europe joins as director, public policy and regulation.

Kekst CNC: Adam Waters was hired as senior consultant on EU tech policy, also via APCO. 

Kreab Worldwide:  Nazar Bobitski, a veteran of the Ukrainian mission to the EU, most recently of the Ukrainian Business and Trade Association has been hired as a senior adviser. 

Municipal Waste Europe: Federico Foschini, senior policy advisor of Gruppo Hera, has been elected president.

MUST & Partners: Brussels-based consultancy MUST & Partners signed a “strategic partnership” with the Italian firm Comin & Partners. 

Natural Mineral Waters Europe:  Previously of Rud Pedersen, John McLean is now the senior communications manager

Novo Nordisk Foundation: Maria Teresa Buco leaves the Trade Council of Denmark in BENELUX to join as public affairs manager. 

PepsiCo: PepsiCo has promoted Elise Demaeght to the role of manager EU corporate affairs, working on sustainability issues

Portland : London-based powerhouse Portland is set to lose the heads of its Brussels and Paris offices.Senior Partner Europe Thomas Barros-Tastets will jump ship and join hands with Anne-Juliette Rohrbach, his counterpart in Paris, to start a new venture. Portland’s Brussels office was formerly known, prior to a June 2020 merger, as GPlus.)

Savion Ray: Simona Atanasova joins as an account director, via the World Health Organization. 

SEC Newgate: SEC Newgate signed a tie-up with Prague-based Best Communications

ServiceNow: After a stint heading Access Partnership’s Brussels office, Fabrizio Porrino is joining software company ServiceNow to lead government relations efforts for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME): Marcin Rodzinka-Verhelle after a stint at the European Public Health Alliance is an EU policy adviser

Teneo Brussels: Jan Hromadko has been promoted to managing director.

The Law Society of England and Wales: The Law Society of England and Wales will close its 30-year-old EU office by November.