Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions
Leadership Changecurated sourcedetected 2026-07-17 · confidence 95%

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Puma: Leadership Change

Puma appointed Marcia Dos Santos as Vice President of Business Unit Core

Source: GN — US media & entertainment exec moves

The leadership read

Leadership transitions often precede broader marketing bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.

Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 107.4 (Hot) — down 1.8 versus the prior month — and Oceania signal share is easing (-4.4pts).

Puma: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Marketing median of 1 across 26 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow.

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