Adam Baidawi Named GQ’s Chief Editor

Adam Baidawi was appointed global editorial director of GQ on Tuesday, effective immediately. He replaces Will Welch, who served as the title’s chief editor for just over five years before departing earlier this month to work for musician and designer Pharrell Williams in Paris.

The changing of the guard is the latest shakeup at publisher Condé Nast, which has appointed a new generation of editors, often from within, at brands from Vogue to Vanity Fair, as it restructures its operations…