With Microsoft’s closing Friday of its $69 billion Activision Blizzard buy, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick tells employees he will remain in that role through the end of 2023, reporting to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer ... SES names Adel Al-Saleh CEO, effective in February; he has been CEO of Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems International since January 2018; interim SES CEO Ruy Pinto will continue in that role through January, then will remain an executive team member until June before becoming adviser; Milton Torres, who succeeded Pinto as chief technology officer on an interim basis when Pinto became interim CEO, will continue in that role ... Comcast moves Javier Garcia to senior vice president-competitive marketing and strategy, Central Division headquarters in Atlanta ... S&P Global Mobility names Jato Dynamics’ Matt Weiss executive director-product strategy and pricing solutions, newly created role ... Dollar General rehires board member Todd Vasos as CEO, succeeding Jeff Owen, whose separation is effective immediately; Vasos was Dollar General CEO from June 2015 to November 2022, and he agreed to return in that role "for the foreseeable future."