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Ascent Media Group LLC continues to attract top-level talent in anticipation of what chief executive Jose Royo says are "the major new opportunities we see ahead in the digital media space." The latest to join Ascent is Emily Keeton as senior vice president of corporate development. Keeton, who previously was...
Posted on May 20, 2009 12:38 PM
Connectiv Solutions Inc. is one of those rare corporations that's thriving in this brutal economy. The firm, which helps its telecommunications clients track and manage data, increased its staff by 70% last year and moved into a new headquarter building in Bethesda, Md., that tripled its office space. Now, Connectiv...
Posted on April 2, 2009 9:05 AM
Aerospace and Industrial products manufacturer Kaman Corp. (NASDAQ:KAMN) has remained aquisitive despite economic turmoil. And it's hired a new dealmaker to identify targets going forward. As vice president of business development, Philip Goodrich will lead corporate strategy, M&A and new market development. He most recently was VP of corporate development...
Posted on March 5, 2009 3:05 PM
Clean Power Technologies Inc. has appointed its outside legal counsel as vice president for corporate strategy. Peter Gennuso (pictured), a partner at Gersten Savage LLP, has been a lawyer for the London startup since December 2006 and a member of the board of directors since 2008. At Gersten, Gennuso specialized in...
Posted on February 25, 2009 2:40 PM
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. has appointed Robert E. Sulentic as chief financial officer. Sulentic is currently chief executive of the company's development services business. He previously was CEO of Trammell Crow Co., which CBRE acquired in 2006. The company also promoted development services chief investment officer Jim Groch (pictured)...
Posted on February 18, 2009 11:20 AM
Sanofi-Aventis SA has created a chief strategy officer position as it looks to reduce its reliance on blockbuster drugs. CFO Laurence Debroux (pictured) will take on the new role and will focus on better coordinating partnerships, M&A and other development projects with corporate strategy. She will report to chief executive...
Posted on February 12, 2009 9:59 AM
Fortune Brands Inc. has hired veteran consumer products dealmaker Patrick Koley as senior vice president of strategy and corporate development. Koley joins from ConAgra Foods, where he spent 14 years in a variety of strategy and development positions. Most recently, he was the principal investment officer for ConAgra Commercial and...
Posted on February 10, 2009 9:26 AM
U.S. corporations battling a recession at home have every reason to re-evaluate their emerging-market strategies. But, according to Anil Gupta, author of the upcoming book, "Getting China and India Right" (Jossey-Bass, February 2009), putting those plans on hold completely could be a mistake. In the Jan. 26 issue of The...
Posted on January 28, 2009 8:11 AM
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has shuffled some of its top executives as it looks to expand in emerging markets. The helicopter designer and manufacturer has promoted Stephen Estill (pictured) to the newly created position of vice president for strategic partnerships. Estill previously headed up worldwide...
Posted on January 27, 2009 12:32 PM
Former investment banker Milan Shah has joined Albemarle Corp. as vice president of business development. In his new role, Shah will oversee strategic alliances, joint ventures and M&A at the specialty chemicals company. He previously was an senior i-banker in Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. chemical investment banking group, where he...
Posted on December 19, 2008 12:45 PM
Recent staffing decisions by executive recruiter Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. offer some insight into how seismic shifts in financial services and tight credit markets are affecting hiring decisions by banks and investment firms worldwide. For one, the firm is adding staff to better manage and build its international financial...
Posted on December 18, 2008 2:28 PM
Skype Ltd. has hired Christopher Dean (pictured) to lead strategy as it attempts to rebound from a difficult couple of years. Dean will oversee partnerships and M&A. He joins from Texada Capital, an investment firm he co-founded. The eBay Inc.-owned VoIP operator also added Daniel Berg as chief technology officer....
Posted on December 11, 2008 10:37 AM
Dallas natural gas distributor Atmos Energy Inc. has hired Charles "Chuck" Davis Jr. as its new vice president of corporate development, taking over the duties previously held by Laurie Sherwood, vice president of corporate development and treasurer. Sherwood remains as treasurer. Davis, who started Monday, will work with senior management...
Posted on December 3, 2008 8:00 AM
Employment screening, background check and security service provider USIS appears primed for growth. The company, whose customers include private-sector firms and local and federal government agencies, has hired Michael Beber as senior vice president of growth and innovation. Beber joins from the middle market private equity firm MidOcean Partners, where...
Posted on November 25, 2008 2:03 PM
WorkForce Software Inc. has hired a former Hewitt Associates Inc. corporate development executive to help grow its human capital management business. Carl Herzog has joined WorkForce Software as vice president of business development and will work to identify new growth markets, business opportunities and strategic partners. As a corp dev...
Posted on November 19, 2008 2:42 PM
Microsoft Corp. has hired Simon Leung (pictured) as chief executive of its greater China region. The former Motorola Inc. executive will be responsible for strategy and growth across all of Microsoft's China businesses. He replaces Ya-Qin Zhang, who will serve as chairman of the China research and development group. As...
Posted on November 14, 2008 11:12 AM
Dynegy Inc. has made some changes to its deal team. Charles C. Cook, senior vice president of strategic planning, corporate business development and treasurer, has been promoted to executive vice president of commercial and market analytics. Mario E. Alfonso, managing director of strategic planning and corp dev, will step into...
Posted on November 13, 2008 3:00 PM
As Yahoo! Inc. chief executive Jerry Yang ponders a future without Google Inc. -- and possibly with Microsoft Corp. -- one of his former top executives is starting fresh at InfoSpace Inc. Stuart West, who was previously vice president of finance operations at Yahoo!, has joined InfoSpace as VP of...
Posted on November 6, 2008 11:39 AM
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. isn't letting the smackdown it received in September when a Connecticut court dismissed its four-year-old licensing bribery case against toy maker Jakks Pacific and game publisher THQ Inc. keep it down. Instead, WWE has hired a new dealmaker to expand its international digital business. Gillian...
Posted on October 30, 2008 10:30 AM
Benchmark Hospitality International has promoted Alex Cabañas (pictured) to the newly created position of vice president of development and strategy. Cabañas has been with the resort and conference center operator since 2006, and most recently was VP of capital markets. In that role, he expanded Benchmark's access to global capital...
Posted on October 24, 2008 11:12 AM
Yellow Pages publisher R.H. Donnelley Corp. has promoted Sean W. Greene to senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development. Greene previously was an assistant VP in the department. According to the company, Greene will work to identify and strike partnerships that can help RHD expand into new areas...
Posted on October 6, 2008 4:41 PM
In an effort to better manage its global operations and "drive new growth opportunities," Warner Music Group has shaken up its senior leadership and implemented a new organizational structure. In announcing the changes, WMG chief executive Edgar Bronfman Jr. said, WMG "can no longer organize the company as simply 'U.S.'...
Posted on September 18, 2008 1:41 PM
Back in May we told you how Campbell Soup Co. had hired former Lehman Brothers Inc. banker Tarkan Gurkan as vice president of corporate development. Gurkan worked in the bank's global consumer and retail group. On Friday, we learned that he'll have a new boss, one who also has extensive...
Posted on August 29, 2008 12:04 PM
Southwest Airlines Co. has a new vice president of strategy and change leadership, but it's unlikely the appointment signals M&A ahead. Instead, Kathleen Wayton, who was a director in the company's strategic planning department, will drive and implement the airline's -- mostly organic -- growth plan, and develop processes to...
Posted on August 28, 2008 9:50 AM
On Wednesday we introduced you to the deal team at the nation's No. 2 solid waste management company, Republic Services Inc. Thursday, we take a look at corporate development at industry leader Waste Management Inc., which wants to buy Republic for $6.2 billion to block Republic's planned merger with Allied...
Posted on July 17, 2008 10:50 AM
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