Observed Signal · Nov 10, 2025 · Hiring · Source: ExchangeWire · Impact: 3/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Chalice AI Boosts EMEA Team with Key Appointments
Chalice AI announced three senior appointments to its EMEA team as part of its ongoing expansion following the April 2025 EMEA launch and a September 2025 strategic partnership with Dentsu and Index Exchange. Michelle Preusch will join as VP, Sales EMEA from Epsilon; Morys Ireland becomes Solutions Architect EMEA from Mindshare; and Alex Wu Navarro assumes Director of Data Science, based in the Netherlands. The hires aim to strengthen client engagement, solutions architecture, and data science capabilities across Europe and beyond. Preusch will lead the EMEA sales team; Ireland will oversee solutions architecture and help develop European-market products; Wu Navarro will collaborate across EMEA and U.S. data science teams to advance Chalice's AI models and infrastructure. Freddie Turner, Managing Director EMEA, called the hires a sign of growing demand, noting three major hires in six months. Chalice has also released CurateAI and AI Allocator to optimize media budgets.
Leadership expansion and strategic partnerships in EMEA following a 2025 launch
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Chalice AI announced three senior appointments to its EMEA team.
- Michelle Preusch joins as VP, Sales EMEA from Epsilon.
- Morys Ireland joins as Solutions Architect EMEA from Mindshare.
- Alex Wu Navarro joins as Director of Data Science, based in the Netherlands.
- The appointments follow Chalice's April 2025 EMEA launch and September 2025 partnership with Dentsu and Index Exchange.
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