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Dianna Du Preez
Mercedes-Benz USA announced the appointment of Dianna du Preez to the position of vice president, customer services, effective May 1, 2021. Du Preez succeeds Christian Treiber who, after 28 years, will leave the company and pursue opportunities outside of Daimler. In her new role, du Preez will assume overall responsibility for all customer service operations, engineering services, after-sales business development, parts logistics, Mercedes-Benz Academy and MBUSA’s award-winning customer assistance center as a member of MBUSA’s executive management team, reporting directly to MBUSA President and CEO, Dimitris Psillakis. Source: Mercedes-Benz USA
Anastasia Ali and Jan Coleman
According to Deadline, Anastasia Ali (below) has been promoted to VP Marketing at DisneyStudios Content and Jan Coleman (picture above) has been upped to VP Global Marketing Partnerships, Promotions & Multicultural.
Ali works closely with all aspects of the marketing group to develop and lead strategic marketing objectives for select theatrical films, as well as select films and series for Disney+. She previously worked on the campaigns for the $1.3 billiongrossing Marvel movie Black Panther, Will Smith’s highest-grossing movie Aladdin at $1.05 billion and this year’s Oscar-nominated Pixar pic Soul. She joined Disney in 2013 as an MBA intern and was part of the Studio Marketing rotational program for rising executives. Source: Deadline