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Burson-Marsteller Gets New C.E.O.

December 14, 2005
On December 7 Burson-Marsteller announced the appointment of Mark Penn—a founding partner and president of opinion research and communications firm Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates—as its new C.E.O., succeeding Thomas Nides, who left the company for Morgan Stanley.
Posted 12.14.05
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