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U.S. Agency for Global Media new CEO Michael Pack names James Miles, founding partner of Haynsworth Baldwin, acting CEO, Open Technology Fund ... Waymo's new head-global public policy is Michelle Peacock, ex-Turo … Lina Khan, antitrust expert who has worked for U.S. government, joining Columbia law faculty, professor Tim Wu says; she and school don't provide further details ... In Finsbury, The Glover Park Group and Hering Schuppener becoming Finsbury Glover Hering, those WPP conglomerate companies combined launch in early 2021: Finsbury founder Roland Rudd and GPG founder Carter Eskew are co-chairs; Hering Schuppener Managing Partner Alexander Geiser is CEO; WPP CEO Mark Read joins "integrated" company's board.
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In PG&E changes to "further strengthen the utility’s enterprise-wide risk mitigation and operational safety capabilities," splits one job and elevates a role, company says: Sumeet Singh, previously led wildfire safety and returning, named senior vice president-chief risk officer; Vice President-Internal Audit and Chief Risk Officer Stephen Cairns named chief audit officer; and Vice President-Chief Safety Officer Francisco Benavides moves up to senior vice president.
Sinclair appoints Steve Rosenberg, ex-Universal Studios, president-local sports, joining company July 20 and taking that job Sept. 1 with retirement (see this section, June 2) of Jeff Krolik, president-regional sports networks. ... ODP, which includes Office Depot, OfficeMax and CompuCom, adds Terry Leeper, ex-Amazon Business, as executive vice president-chief technology officer-member, Executive Committee ... WWE hires Kristina Salen, who was first chief financial officer of Etsy, as CFO; she's on SiriusXM's board.
Payrailz appoints Kavita Singh, ex-Credit2B, vice president-artificial intelligence product management ... AttackIQ adds Mark Bagley as vice president-product; he's from Verodin, acquired by FireEye ... Gigamon promotes Larissa Crandall to vice president-worldwide channels and alliances ... Access Partnership starts advisory board, with Ed Vaizey, ex-U.K. communications minister who worked on country's 4G launch; DLA Piper's Mike Senkowski and Nancy Victory; Simon Bax, who has been on media and technology company boards; and Arm Vice President-Public Affairs Stephen Pattison.