Hot Pot, the full-service China marketing agency, has hired Cat Navarro, a business transformation specialist of more than 15 years, as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer. For the past five years Hot Pot has been steadily growing its business, but with the massive acceleration of Western brands entering the Chinese market and the prediction that […]
Havas Group Media has announced the appointment of Ailsa Buckley to the newly-created role of Deputy Managing Director as it seeks to further strengthen its leadership team. Buckley joins from Wavemaker, where she was General Manager, leading the agency’s L’Oreal business with a focus on digital transformation, and heading up a number of key internal […]
Teespring, a leading eCommerce platform which empowers creators to design, promote and sell their own products, announced the appointment of Chris Lamontagne, former VP Commercial, as CEO of the company. Lamontagne is stepping up to take over as CEO of the business, after joining Teespring in 2016. He initially worked in the London office, helping […]
Creative agency, Space, has added more creative firepower to its team with the appointments of Andy Preston and Alex Hazell as Deputy Creative Directors, and James Newport as Design Director. Space has made the appointments following another year of growth which has seen the 45-person agency extend its remit with clients including William Grant & […]
M&C Saatchi is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Newnes to Deputy MD with immediate effect. Newnes has been with the agency for nearly eight years and has been promoted from managing partner where he led both the NatWest and Royal Mail accounts in combination with broader agency-wide responsibilities. Previously to this he led the […]
Matt James has been appointed Global Brand President, Zenith. Reporting to Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media, Matt will take up the role in January 2019 and will be based at Zenith’s HQ in London. Matt succeeds Vittorio Bonori, who was recently appointed Publicis Groupe Italy CEO. With a career in global media spanning over 28 […]
Socialyse, Havas Group Media’s 360° social agency, has bolstered its team with the appointment of Sebastian Redenz as Head of Paid Social, and Hannah Rainbow as Senior Operations Manager. Sebastian Redenz joins Socialyse from iProspect, where he held a similar role, overseeing the agency’s paid social team across three offices, managing relationships with all key […]
Sitecore, the global leader in digital experience management software, announced that Carsten Thoma, one of the technology industry’s most innovative thought leaders, has joined the company’s board of directors. Thoma played an instrumental role in defining the market for omnichannel customer experience technologies with hybris AG, the company he co-founded in 1997 and sold to SAP in 2013 […]
DWA, a Merkle company, has announced that it has hired Rob Gold to serve as its UK Managing Director, based in London. Rob was most recently Managing Partner at Zenith UK, heading up the planning teams and clients at the Publicis agency. At DWA, Rob will be instrumental in providing strategic leadership and counsel to […]
Adobe has announced that Paul Robson will assume the role of president of Adobe for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to oversee field and business operations. Paul joins directly from his role as President for Adobe of Asia Pacific (APAC) and has a wealth of experience in leading business and digital transformations at […]