Agency Updates: News from FGS Global, MD Digital Strategies and Warschawski
FGS Global acquired Rich Feuer Anderson, a bipartisan government affairs firm based in Washington, D.C., with more than two decades of experience advising financial services and energy clients on the full intersection of politics, policy and regulation.
The acquisition, states a release, will combine RFA’s advocacy expertise and regulatory access with FGS’s strategic communications, transaction advisory, and crisis management capabilities and s global reach. Both firms have substantial expertise in the regulated financial services and energy sectors.
“Financial services and energy are two of the most rapidly shifting and dynamic industries globally, and the clients we serve in these sectors are asking for something the market has not yet delivered: Washington policy depth, regulatory access, and world-class communications under one roof,” says Winnie Lerner (pictured), partner and North America CEO of FGS.
Founded in 2003, RFA advises Fortune 500 companies, fintech startups, banks, asset managers, insurance companies, energy producers, utilities, as well as energy storage and infrastructure companies, among others, on t high-stakes regulatory and legislative policy challenges.
Matt DeLuca launched MD Digital Strategies, a digital marketing agency. He most recently served as head of digital at Adfero before it closed at the end of June, and previously held roles as head of social media at NextEra Energy and head of paid media at Edelman and Golin.
Warschawski, a fully integrated advertising, digital, PR, branding, and marketing communications agency, announced the addition of Taylor Seidell as Assistant Director of Digital. In this role, Taylor will lead paid digital campaigns for clients, including creative optimization, campaign performance, reporting, and helping deliver data-driven digital marketing solutions. According to a releaser, she brings more than five years of experience in paid search and digital advertising. Most recently, she served as Associate Director of Paid Search at BarkleyOKRP following the agency’s acquisition of Adlucent, where she advanced through a series of increasingly senior roles in paid search and account management.
