PR News | Corporate News: ClubWorks Acquires Buffalo Groupe

Buffalo Group, which focuses on the golf market, is acquired by West Palm Beach, FL-based ClubWorks LLC, a professional services platform focused on clubs, leisure and hospitality. Buffalo Group will operate independently as a wholly owned subsidiary of ClubWorks. Agency CEO Kyle Ragsdale will remain in his role and join the ClubWorks Board of Directors. Emily Clark has been promoted to President and Chief Marketing Officer of Buffalo Groupe and will also join the ClubWorks Board of Directors. “With the addition of Buffalo Groupe, we are enriching our offering with industry-leading expertise in creative, digital marketing, events, public relations and research, providing significant value to existing clients and prospects,” said Michael Leemhuis, President and CEO of ClubWorks.

Life in computer-generated imagesCG Life Inc., which works with medical and life sciences companies, is formalizing its public relations and social media teams and capabilities into a strategic communications group. The move follows the integration of recently acquired public relations agency Berry & Company. Longtime CG Life Managing Partner Erik Clausen leads the group, which includes centers of excellence in scientific, medical and corporate communications, as well as social media. It also offers deep expertise in patient advocacy initiatives and includes a multidisciplinary commercial and crisis communications consulting team that provides senior-level advice to senior executives. CG Life is also adding MacDougall Managing Partner Karen Sharma to the group as senior vice president. “Emerging pharmaceutical companies face unprecedented complexity on their path to commercialization and must overcome many challenges to help the patients they serve,” said Clausen. “Through intelligent and coordinated planning, it is possible for these companies to communicate strategically and simultaneously with corporate, clinical and research stakeholders throughout the preclinical and commercial stages.”

Altera family of funds that has raised over €11 billion in total commitments, signs a binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in the provider of SaaS software for crisis management and business resilience F24 F24 was founded in 2000 by Hg, a leading investor in European and transatlantic software and services companies. F24 management will reinvest and Hg will retain a minority stake in the company. The partnership is intended to position F24 for accelerated growth and continued regional expansion. Founded in 2000 in Munich, Germany, F24 offers solutions that span emergency and mass notifications, incident and crisis management, business messaging and service notification, and governance, risk and compliance. “F24 is a pioneer in building organizational resilience in an increasingly volatile world,” said Hajo Krösche, Partner at Altor.