TRACKING INFLUENCERS IN OCTOBER 2021

BCW Brussels:  Tom Denney has been promoted to director and head of technology policy. Bethléem Dubois and Ekaterina Iarkova have been promoted to account directors, Mateusz Rachubka and Josephine Dufour have been promoted to account managers, and Ashlee Jeoung and Rebeca Francklin to senior account executives.

Biomethane for Europe: The Zürich 5 Coalition — Biogas Academy (Sweden), BioGem Express AG (Switzerland), GibGas (Germany) and OrangeGas (the Netherlands) — has launched Biomethane for Europe.

Boehringer Ingelheim: Darren Kinsella is now the senior manager of public & government affairs at Boehringer Ingelheim.

BOLDT: Raphaël Delli will be leading BOLDT’s new financial communications vertical.

Cambre: Anne-Claude Martin has been promoted to senior account manager, while Alice Antoine-Grégoire has joined the agency’s dedicated media team. Javier Garrido has left Alonso & Asociados to become account manager focusing on Cambre’s sustainability clients.

Cefic ( the European Chemical Industry Council):  George Kapantaidakis and Camilla Martelli have been promoted to directors of public affairs and Maria Linkova-Nijs to director of communications.

Ceva: Géraldine Kutas has left CropLife Europe, where she was the director general, to join global animal health company Ceva as the executive vice-president of corporate affairs and communication

Clean Air Task Force: Simone Tagliapietra is now a board member of the Clean Air Task Force.

CLEPA (the European Association of Automotive Suppliers):  Filipa Rio has joined CLEPA, as head of strategic communications

Covington & Burling: Katherine Kingsbury has been promoted to special counsel. Melissa Van Schoorisse has been promoted to of counsel.

CropLife Europe: Olivier de Matos will take over as director general of CropLife Europe on October 1. He previously served as secretary-general of the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals

Cruise Lines International Association: Cruise Lines International Association has appointed Marie-Caroline Laurent as director general for CLIA in Europe.

Dentons Global Advisors Interel: Dominique Ristori, a former chief of the Directorate-General for Energy, has joined Dentons Global Advisors Interel as a senior advisor.

EuroCommerce: Christel Delberghe is the new director general of EuroCommerce.

European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT): The European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) has appointed François Masquelier as its new chair

European Forum Alpbach: Feri Thierry will become secretary-general of the European Forum Alpbach in 2022

European Policy Centre (EPC): Emma Woodford is joining the European Policy Centre as its new chief operating officer.

European Securities and Markets Authority: Verena Ross is now  chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority

European Youth Forum: Rafael Shilhav has left Oxfam and is now the European Youth Forum’s director of communications and external relations.

Finsbury Glover Hering: Finsbury Glover Hering new Paris office will be led by Géraldine Amiel and Nathalie Falco. Amiel joins from Bloomberg, while Falco is moving from Havas.

FIPRA: Erik Jonnaert is now a partner at FIPRA. Meanwhile, Dorothée Coucharrière has become head of FIPRA’s green transition team and Clara Romero has rejoined as an account director on the healthcare team.

Flint Global: Fiona Wright, former EU financial services lead at Brunswick, is joining Flint Global in Brussels as a partner. Also joining Flint are Zach Burnside, Federico de Benedetto, Thomas Grandjouan and Julia Quintella.

Fourtold: Fourtold has appointed Adam Kaznowski as managing consultant.

Hague Corporate Affairs: Former Chief of the French Air Force General (ret.) Stéphane Abrial is now an associate partner at Hague Corporate Affairs.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Irena Bednarich has been promoted to vice president, international government relations, EMEA and APJ.

McCain Foods: François-Xavier Vauchelle has joined McCain Foods as senior director of government and external affairs for continental Europe.

Novo Nordisk: Alexander von Wildenrath Løvgreen is now senior manager of public affairs at Novo Nordisk.

PepsiCo: Mathijs Peters is now the director of corporate affairs EU and international organizations at PepsiCo.

Quorum: Arnaud Sonnet has taken the helm at Quorum’s Brussels office. Meanwhile, Siobhan Pitcher has joined Quorum as a content marketing associate for the EU.

Red Flag:  Stephen Furlong has been promoted to account director and Fia Long to senior account executive.

Rud Pedersen: Megan Richards, a former director of energy policy in DG Energy, has joined Rud Pedersen as a senior advisor for energy and technology.

#SustainablePublicAffairs:  #SustainablePublicAffairs is set to announce that it has been certified as a B-Corp.

The Nature Conservancy: Noor Yafai has started a new role as Europe director of global policy and institutional partnerships at The Nature Conservancy.

VMware: Antoine Larpin has joined VMware as the EU public policy director.