Mark Penn is getting his way. MDC Shareholders have voted to approve the previously announced merger between MDC Partners and Penn’s other holding network Stagwell Group. MDC Shareholders will own 31% of the newly named Stagwell. The company will be traded on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange after the deal is completed August 2. 

Carla Hassan is the new chief marketing officer at JPMorgan Chase.

Dentsu Group has announced a new position for its global chief executive of creative services, Jean Lin, who will become its new executive officer later this year.

Pinterest has hired British newspaper The Guardian’s commercial director Nick Hewat as its sales director for the U.K. and Ireland.

DDB’s North American chief creative officer Britt Nolan is rejoining Leo Burnett Chicago as president and CCO to oversee the creative output and manage the Chicago office while supporting the global Leo Burnett network. He will report to Andrew Swinand, CEO of Leo Burnett Group and Publicis Groupe Creative U.S.

More than 15 years after the initial onset of the Me Too movement, women across multiple industries are still speaking out regarding the misogyny and sexual abuse they’ve endured in the workplace. This week, one group is pointing an even stronger spotlight on insidiously enduring sexism in the ad industry.

A U.K. tribunal has ruled against former creative agency JWT, now part of Wunderman Thompson, in a case that claimed a group of men lost their jobs as part of the agency’s drive toward more diverse staffing.

Personalized video platform Cameo named its first ever vice president of product, tapping Uber director of product Nundu Janakiram for the role.

Kelly Cook has a reputation for three things: a straight-shooting, big-hearted leadership style, a laser focus on what the customer needs, and the ability to turn around marketing departments that are ready for digital transformation.

Mat Baxter is leaving Initiative but staying with the IPG Network, having today been named global chief executive officer at Huge. Baxter moves over from IPG’s Initiative, where he was most recently chairman. In his new role, Baxter will lead the agency of more than 1,200 people across a dozen markets.