Communications Personals
At Equifax, Chairman-CEO Richard Smith retires, will be unpaid adviser to help with transition; board member Mark Feidler, partner of MSouth, named non-executive chairman; Paulino do Rego Barros, most recently president-Asia Pacific, named interim CEO; Feidler apologizes on board's behalf for Equifax cybersecurity breach (see 1709110035 and 1709260021) ... Adams and Reese adds Michael Bednarek, ex-Locke Lord, as partner and member, global Intellectual Property practice ... Crowell & Moring hires Alexis Gilman, ex-FTC, as partner, global Antitrust Group ... SEC forms Cyber Unit targeting "cyber-related misconduct" with staff from Enforcement Division: Robert Cohen named chief and continues leading Market Abuse Unit.
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Motion Picture Laboratories taps Sony's Richard Berger as president-CEO ... Meredith expands Alysia Borsa's duties, promoting her to chief marketing and data officer ... Verizon promotes Arun Kundu to global vice president/executive director, Consulting & Professional Services business ... 1547 Datacenters appoints John Bonczek, ex-Digital Realty Trust/Telx, president ... 21st Century Fox hires from Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Jean Guerin as executive vice president-publicity and corporate communications, Fox Broadcasting Co. ... Joining Fuse Media: Gina Degnan Hughes, ex-AMC, as senior vice president-marketing.
National Association of Black Journalists names Sharon Toomer, ex-Matlock Advertising & Public Relations, executive director, effective Oct. 9 ... Fortegra, warranty services provider, promotes Jon Mikow to vice president-wireless ... C-SPAN board elects Comcast Cable CEO Dave Watson chairman of the executive committee, succeeding also from Comcast Neil Smit, stepped down as the unit's CEO earlier this year (see 1703200030); also joining the board are Dexter Goei, Altice, and Wide Open West's Steven Cochran.