Executive Transactions

The NBA named Standard & Poor's Senior VP/Marketing & Research ELIZABETH VENTURA Senior VP/Communications. Ventura, who will begin her new role May 11 and report to NBA Deputy Commissioner & COO ADAM SILVER, will oversee all of the league’s U.S. and int’l communications functions. NBA Senior VP/Basketball Communications BRIAN MCINTYRE and Senior VP/Marketing Communications MIKE BASS will report to Ventura (NBA)....Ogilvy & Mather named AKQA Co-Chief Creative Officer for North American operations LARS BASTHOLM Chief Digital Creative Officer for North American operations (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 4/1)....SpeedTV.com promoted Senior NASCAR Editor TOM JENSEN to Editor-in-Chief (SpeedTV)....FS Carolinas named ARNOLD GREVIOUS Sales Manager (Fox Sports).

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