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Working practices are rapidly shifting around the world. Offices are empty, homes are workplaces and many of us are reconsidering our role in working life. It is perhaps unsurprising that, both in the US and further afield, labor markets are undergoing a Great Resignation event. Department of Labor figures show a record 4.3 mn Americans quit their jobs in August. Whether a sign of worker power in a job market plagued by shortages or a rebalancing of the economy due ...

Courtney Dugan has been named vice president of investor relations, public relations and corporate communications at Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered Pyxis Oncology, reporting to CFO Pam Connealy. Dugan joins the preclinical oncology firm, which has a focus on ‘next generation’ treatments for ‘difficult cancers’, following its Nasdaq IPO last month. The Columbia Business School MBA holder brings more than a decade of what Pyxis describes as ‘p...

VF Corporation, the owner of retail brands including North Face and Timberland, has appointed Allegra Perry as its vice president of investor relations, effective January 2022. She will report to Matt Puckett, the company’s CFO. Perry will join the company from Watches of Switzerland Group, where she currently serves as director of IR and corporate affairs and was responsible for setting up a new IR team following the company’s IPO. Prior to that, she was head o...

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has named the former Janssen vice president and CFO for EMEA as its new head of investor relations. Jessica Moore, who brings ‘20 years of strong, diverse and international financial experience spanning sales operations, corporate and regional positions’, will take up her new position on November 1. She will report to Joseph Wolk, executive vice president and CFO of Johnson & Johnson, who says...