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West Monroe Announces Gil Mermelstein as Next CEO, effective July 1

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Kevin McCarty, current Chairman & CEO, will continue to lead Board of Directors as Executive Chairman

CHICAGO, May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — West Monroe, a global business and technology consulting firm, announced today that Gil Mermelstein has been named the company’s next Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2025. Kevin McCarty, Co-Founder and current Chairman & CEO, will become Executive Chairman of West Monroe.

The appointment marks a significant milestone in West Monroe’s 23-year history, as Mermelstein, a 15-year veteran of the firm and currently the company president, becomes only the third CEO since the firm’s founding.

“This transition reflects long-term, strategic succession planning. Gil is a seasoned leader who has helped companies navigate multi-billion-dollar transformations, high-stakes transactions, and major market shifts—while mentoring our next generation of leaders to do the same,” McCarty said. “I am continually impressed by Gil’s strategic insight, growth mindset, and unwavering optimism. He is exactly the kind of leader we need to navigate an increasingly unpredictable market and is uniquely positioned to take on this next step.”

Mermelstein has more than 30 years of industry and consulting experience. He joined West Monroe 15 years ago, initially leading and significantly expanding the firm’s Financial Services practice. He also successfully led the growth and expansion of the firm’s East Coast business and the New York office and has been a key member of West Monroe’s board for 14 years, providing strategic insights and governance oversight. Prior to West Monroe, Mermelstein held prominent roles at BearingPoint, A.T. Kearney, and MBNA, sharpening his extensive experience in both consulting and industry leadership. In 2022, Mermelstein was named a Top Consultant by Consulting Magazine.

“It’s an honor to serve as the next CEO of West Monroe, which has a unique employee ownership culture and a compelling value creation proposition for clients,” Mermelstein said. “What excites me most is the opportunity to lead a firm built on the rare ability to connect deep technology expertise with real and significant business outcomes. That’s the power of our people. As we navigate a more complex and tech-forward market, I’m energized to partner with our leadership team to accelerate our growth and help clients realize greater value in entirely new ways.”

Under Mermelstein’s leadership, the firm will continue executing its strategy focused on helping companies achieve greater value through technology. West Monroe’s unique approach—rooted in co-creation, iteration, pragmatism, and deep industry expertise—will remain core to delivering exceptional results.

Kevin McCarty, who assumed the CEO role in 2014 and Chairman of the Board in 2020, has overseen considerable growth and transformation at West Monroe. He guided the firm through organic expansion, 10 acquisitions, and notably secured a significant investment from BDT & MSD Partners in 2021, bolstering West Monroe’s market position and future growth potential. The firm is also one of only 143 companies nationwide to be certified a Great Place to Work® for 10 years straight—all during McCarty’s tenure as CEO.

“Kevin brings the same entrepreneurial energy today that he did when he founded the firm—and that mindset has shaped West Monroe at every stage,” Mermelstein said. “As CEO, he guided us through incredible periods of growth and change, always with clarity, candor, and deep perspective around both our clients and our people. I’ve learned a tremendous amount from working alongside him and am grateful for his continued partnership in this next chapter.”

As Executive Chairman, McCarty will continue as Chairman of the Board, drawing on his co-founder experience to prioritize market-facing activities and key client relationships. He will also support the firm’s mergers and acquisitions strategy and continue overseeing West Monroe Capital, the firm’s co-investment arm for private equity funds.

“This thoughtful succession underscores our firm’s mission to build the next generation of leaders,” McCarty said. “I have tremendous respect and confidence in Gil, our entire leadership team, and the future of West Monroe.”

This leadership transition follows recent strategic leadership team appointments, including Tanya Moore (Chief People Officer), Dan Freiman (Chief Financial Officer), and Kamau Coar (General Counsel), demonstrating West Monroe’s ongoing commitment to building a robust executive team prepared to navigate a dynamic market and continue the firm’s rapid growth since its founding in 2002.

For more information on Gil Mermelstein and his journey at West Monroe, visit WestMonroe.com.

About West Monroe

West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating value for our clients. We co-create solutions that accelerate results now and prepare industries to tackle what’s next. We’re excited by the possibilities that technology creates. We work with our clients to deliver on the possible, building on their goals, generating fresh insights and creating inspiring outcomes.

We excel at the intersection of industry, strategy, people and technology — always driving rapid impact. Our all-in approach comes from our unique employee ownership structure. Our clients’ success is our success. From the beginning, our growth has come from putting people at the center. Fortune and USA Today consistently celebrate West Monroe as a top workplace, and we’re recognized as a leading consultancy by Forbes. Let’s find more value for your business.

Share our passion at westmonroe.com.

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PR Newswire AEO & GEO Brand Report Now Available in Canada

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Canada’s largest, most trusted press release distribution service builds on its legacy in the country by offering brand-level AI visibility intelligence to government, investor relations and corporate communications teams.

TORONTO, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AI-powered search and generative answer engines are rapidly reshaping how audiences discover and evaluate brands. As a result, communicators are increasingly seeking data-driven insights into their organization’s presence within this evolving landscape. Today, PR Newswire announces that its AEO & GEO Brand Report is now available to customers in Canada to help them take their brand’s AI visibility to the next level.

Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/pr_newswire/9424851-en-pr-newswire-launches-aeo-geo-report-ai-brand-visibility-in-canada 

The report, available in the PR Newswire Amplify™ platform, provides measurable insights into how AI models reference and position brands, helping customers across Canada understand their AI footprint and actively shape it through the world’s most trusted distribution network and powerful Multichannel Amplification™ solutions.

Strategic AI Search Insights for Communications Professionals

Powered by Trajaan, a Cision company, the report captures three distinct categories of data to provide a brand-level view of AI visibility:

Mentions: Measure your brand’s presence in AI-generated answers with a breakdown of share of voice, total mentions, ranking position and trend tracking over time.

Sources: Identify the webpages and domains that are being referenced in AI responses about your brand to better understand the sources shaping the narrative.

Answers: See real responses showing exactly how large language models (LLMs) are answering questions about your organization.

“The rapidly-evolving AI search landscape is changing how communicators are thinking about visibility. We’re proud to build on decades of experience working with Canadian PR, marketing and investor relations teams by extending the availability of the AEO & GEO Brand Report. These powerful brand-level insights will help our customers in the country effectively navigate this new era,” said PR Newswire President Matt Brown. “Combining the report insights with our trusted, Multichannel Amplification™ tools offers communications teams an industry-leading solution for reaching global audiences where they are and increasing visibility for their most important stories.”

Turning AI Insights into Smarter Content Strategy

Launching the new report natively within Amplify, the award-winning platform that recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, allows Canadian communications, marketing and IR professionals to move instantly from identifying an AI visibility gap to closing it via targeted multichannel content and distribution.

By leveraging PR Newswire’s purpose-built platform alongside Trajaan’s proprietary search intelligence data, PR and marketing teams can turn market insights and online search signals into actionable next steps. The report helps teams strengthen content planning and strategy, and optimize messaging for answer engines and generative engines across multiple content types. Then, through PR Newswire’s multichannel distribution solutions, communicators can reinforce their brand’s credibility signals with the world’s largest, most credible distribution network.

The wider availability of the report is the latest example of how PR Newswire is constantly innovating to help communicators around the world stay ahead of the curve in a fast-moving AI search landscape and reach target audiences wherever they are with on-brand content that resonates.

To learn more about the new capability and other features available in the Amplify Report module, visit https://www.newswire.ca/amplify-report-module/.

About PR Newswire

PR Newswire is the industry’s leading press release distribution partner with an unparalleled global reach of more than 500,000 newsrooms, websites, direct feeds, journalists and influencers and is available in more than 170 countries and 40 languages. From our innovative AI-powered PR Newswire Amplify™ platform, award-winning Content Services offerings, integrated media newsroom and microsite products, Investor Relations suite of services, paid placement and social sharing tools, PR Newswire has a comprehensive Multichannel Amplification™ catalogue of solutions to solve the modern-day challenges PR and communications teams face. For more than 70 years, PR Newswire has been the preferred destination worldwide for brands to share their most important news stories.

About Cision

Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and corporate communications, marketing, and social media professionals with the tools they need to excel in today’s data-driven world. Our deep expertise, exclusive data partnerships, and award-winning products, including CisionOne, Brandwatch, PR Newswire, and Trajaan, enable over 75,000 companies and organisations, including 84% of the Fortune 500, to see and be seen, understand and be understood by the audiences that matter most to them.

 

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Swift Current Energy Appoints Scott Koziar as Chief Development Officer

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Industry veteran brings more than two decades of power sector experience as Swift Current scales development to meet rising U.S. electricity demand

HOUSTON and BOSTON, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Swift Current Energy (Swift Current) today announced that Scott Koziar has joined the company as Chief Development Officer and a member of its executive management team. Koziar will lead Swift Current’s development organization and advance its portfolio of utility-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects as data centers, advanced manufacturing and other large loads drive the need for new power generation across the United States.

Koziar brings more than 20 years of experience in the power sector, most recently serving as Chief Development Officer at Apex Clean Energy, where he oversaw a 63 GW pipeline of utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage projects. During his tenure, Apex commercialized 12 GW of projects now in construction or operation.

“Development is at the heart of what we do at Swift Current, and Scott is a proven leader who knows how to build teams and move complex projects from concept to operation,” said Michael Arndt, Chief Executive Officer of Swift Current Energy. “That experience is especially valuable today. The power market is changing quickly, demand is accelerating, and customers need solutions at a scale we haven’t seen in decades. Scott’s leadership will help us move faster and capitalize on the opportunities we see across our portfolio.”

“I’m thrilled to be joining Swift Current and grateful for the opportunity to work alongside such an experienced team,” said Koziar. “What attracted me to the company was its relationship driven culture and its track record of taking on ambitious, complex projects. With electricity demand reshaping the opportunity for new energy development across the country, I’m excited to build on that track record and help move the next generation of projects forward.”

Rick Miller, who has served as Interim Chief Development Officer since August, will continue with Swift Current as Senior Vice President of Development and work closely with Koziar to advance the company’s development portfolio.

For Koziar’s full biography and more information about Swift Current’s leadership team, visit the company’s Team page.

About Swift Current Energy

Swift Current Energy is trailblazing a path for clean energy now. Founded in 2016, the company develops, commercializes, owns, and operates highly competitive, utility-scale solar, wind, and energy storage projects across North America. The company has commercialized 5 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy projects, owns and operates more than 1 GW, and has more than 10 GW in development. Swift Current Energy is majority-owned by funds managed by IFM Investors and Lookout Ridge Energy Partners.

For more information, please visit swiftcurrentenergy.com.

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2026 Belt and Road Journalists Forum opens in Nanjing, driving global media consensus

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NANJING, China, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A report from JiangsuNow.

The 2026 Belt and Road Journalists Forum convened on Oct. 17 in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, highlighting the pivotal role of journalists and media leaders worldwide in furthering Belt and Road cooperation and advancing global governance.

Under the theme “Convergence and Connectivity•Innovation and Progress•Media Transformation amid Global Changes,” the event brought together nearly 100 journalists and representatives of journalists’ organizations from over 50 countries and regions for in-depth exchanges.

A series of practical mechanisms and dialogue platforms aimed at expanding international media exchanges were launched or upgraded during the forum.

At the main forum, the third batch of “International Home of Journalists” partnership certificates were presented to journalists’ organizations from 10 countries, including Chile, Cabo Verde, Mongolia, and Zambia. Meanwhile, the Global South Journalists Workshop Program was launched.

The Belt & Road Journalists’ Station in Jiangsu was also inaugurated at the Xinhua Daily Media Group in Nanjing. The Belt & Road Journalists’ Station aims to provide foreign journalists with integrated services such as news coordination, information consulting, and cultural exchange. Building on previous stations established in China’s Chongqing and Jiangxi province, the new station will further bolster the service network, offering an efficient platform for overseas media to better understand and report on China.

Prior to the main forum, participants joined the “Global South Journalists Explore China” field trips from Oct 13 to 15. International foreign media representatives visited Nanjing, Suzhou, Changzhou, Nantong, and Lianyungang to gain firsthand experience of Chinese modernization. In parallel, a series of Dialogue between Mayor/Secretary and Overseas Media activities were held across the cities, offering the global community a window into China’s development through Jiangsu while highlighting the enduring spirit of the Belt and Road Initiative.

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