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Axios: Strategic Hiring
Axios hired Thomas Novelly from Defense One to cover defense and space, expanding editorial capacity and increasing Future of Defense newsletter publication frequency from weekly to twice-weekly.
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- What happened
- Axios hired Thomas Novelly from Defense One to cover defense and space, expanding editorial capacity and increasing Future of Defense newsletter publication frequency from weekly to twice-weekly.
- Who
- Axios · USA
- When
- 2026-10-01
- So what
- Axios is resourcing ahead of a step-change, not backfilling.
The leadership read
Axios is resourcing ahead of a step-change, not backfilling. A build-out like this concentrates senior bench strength in the sector where the mandate is strongest. Watch the mix of the hires across Americas; that is the clearest read on the plan behind the headcount.
Market context: MitchelLake's Talent Market Index sits at 122.7 (Hot), up 17.8 on the prior month; Americas hiring signal is running rising (+34.4pts).
Axios: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 2 tracked across 85 days.
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McCarthys →McCarthys has added two partners, Brandon Wiener and Milan Vukovic, to its private client tax planning practice and national tax group.
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WHG →Brazilian asset manager WHG, founded by former Credit Suisse executives, is adding staff to its newly formed local equities desk.
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Cedro Participações →Cedro Participações received the state environmental license for the Porto do Meio iron ore terminal in Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, on a reported R$3.6 billion investment.
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Tesla / SpaceX (Terafab JV with Intel) →Tesla and SpaceX are building the Terafab chip plant in Grimes County, Texas, through a joint venture with Intel. The initial investment exceeds $15 billion and is expected to create about 3,000 jobs, with a $30 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant. Musk has also posted a job ad for chip design and production engineers.
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University of Toronto →The University of Toronto has a new fund and is actively recruiting top professors and promising students from U.S. colleges, citing a favourable moment to attract talent.
Where this lands in our work
- Executive Search →
Hiring at this level is the visible half of a search that started a quarter earlier.
- Executive Search: Americas →
Our Americas practice runs the searches behind signals like this one.
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