Who, What, Where

Keith Turner (right) is the new vice chairman of the board of directors for Mercury Media, a Marlborough direct response media agency. As vice chairman, Turner will advise Mercury Media on best practices for attracting television’s elite advertisers and educating them on the evolving direct response advertising industry. Turner served as president of NBC Universal Sales & Marketing between 1998 and 2006.

Jay Kramer has been appointed to the post of vice president of worldwide marketing for Sepaton Inc., a Marlborough provider of disk-based data protection solutions. Most recently, Kramer served as vice president of marketing for iStor Networks.

Howard King, Joann Ellington (left), and Mark D. Battle have new jobs at Eastern Bank, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Boston. King has joined the bank as a reverse mortgage specialist in its Mortgage Banking Department and will work out of Eastern’s Reading and Lynn offices, covering Middlesex County. Previously, King worked as a reverse mortgage specialist with Reliant Mortgage Corp. Ellington will be a senior loan officer in Eastern's Mortgage Banking Department. She will work out of Eastern’s Chelmsford office. Prior to joining Eastern Bank, Ellington worked as a loan officer at Wells Fargo. Battle has joined Eastern as a senior loan consultant in its Mortgage Banking Department. He will work out of Eastern’s Reading office. Before joining Eastern Bank, Battle worked as a senior loan consultant with Washington Mutual Bank.