Thomas Walek leaves Peppercomm
Walek, who sold his agency to Peppercomm in 2013, recently announced his departure from the firm and opened a new boutique agency specializing in asset management, fintech, capital markets, and professional services. The new Peak Strategies, based in Manhattan, already has two new clients, global industry representative, Alternative Investment Management Association, and Hathersage, a macro investment management company. Prior to Peppercomm, Walek started his own firm, Walek & Associates based in Boulder, Colorado in 1998 specializing in capital markets, investor relations, and financial services. Before that, he was MD of WeiserWalek in Chicago and the asst. bureau chief at Commodity News Services.
FleishmanHillard loses 13 senior execs since November
In November 2015, Dave Senay left FH as CEO after 32 years with the company. That started a mass exodus of FleishmanHillard leadership including Global CMO, Stephanie Marchesi; Global Brand Marketing Practice Leader, Bill Power; Chief Content Officer, Shawn Amos; Sr. partner, GM, and America’s co-lead of the tech sector, Danielle Wushcke; and nine others. The new CEO, John Saunders said he would continue cost-cutting and other improvements started by Senay before he left the company. Saunders said, “Thanks to tough decisions that were made, we are now in the position that we can make even more investments and support and ensure that our staff has all the tools and resources they need to do a stellar job for our clients.” He continued by saying March 2016 was the best month in agency history. Some, still at FH feel the company isn’t focused on giving a damn about clients.
