Finsbury Glover hires Colleen Bell, ex-legislative director for Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., as managing director; separately, Finsbury Glover is combining with Sard Verbinnen "to create the world’s leading strategic communications firm" including "government affairs, corporate reputation, crisis management"; the deal is expected to be completed in Q4; leaders include George Sard, who joins Roland Rudd and Carter Eskew as co-chairmen; Alexander Geiser is global CEO; Mike Feldman and Paul Verbinnen are co-chairs, North America; and Andrew Cole is deputy global CEO and co-CEO, North America, with Joel Johnson, Paul Kranhold and Winnie Lerner.
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