The Coca-Cola Company Names James Quincey President and Chief Operating Officer

The Coca-Cola Company Names James Quincey President and Chief Operating Officer

The Coca-Cola Company announced James Quincey has been named President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. As President and COO, Quincey will have responsibility for all of the Company’s operating units worldwide. He will report directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Muhtar Kent. Quincey, 50, is a 19-year veteran of Coca-Cola and since […]

Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide CCO Tham Khai Meng to Teach Berlin School Masterclass

Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide CCO Tham Khai Meng to Teach Berlin School Masterclass

The Berlin School of Creative Leadership and the Astro-4As Malaysia has announced that Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide chief creative officer Tham Khai Meng will conduct a masterclass in Kuala Lumpur for executives attending the Advanced Leadership and Navigator programs from September 10th -15th 2015. In making the announcement, the Berlin School’s president Michael Conrad and […]

Cheil Worldwide appoints McKinney CEO Brad Brinegar to additional role of CEO of Cheil in North America

Cheil Worldwide appoints McKinney CEO Brad Brinegar to additional role of CEO of Cheil in North America

Cheil Worldwide, the marketing solutions company headquartered in South Korea, has announced the appointment of Brad W. Brinegar to the new position of CEO of Cheil in North America, effective immediately. In his new role, Brinegar will lead the charge on setting the vision for the Cheil network in North America. He will be responsible […]

Karmarama Group ECDs Sam Walker and Joe De Souza to depart

Karmarama Group ECDs Sam Walker and Joe De Souza to depart

Following the appointment of Nik Studzinki, Sam Walker and Joe De Souza, Karmarama’s Group ECDs set to leave. Walker and De Souza joined Karmarama in 2010 and were subsequently made Partners and Group ECDs with responsibility for the group’s entire creative output alongside fellow Group ECD, Caitlin Ryan. During their tenure they won significant business […]

Karmarama hires Rob Turner and Dave Westland as Creative Directors

Karmarama hires Rob Turner and Dave Westland as Creative Directors

Karmarama announce that they have appointed two new creative directors, who will work across the Costa and Iceland accounts at the agency, as well as on pitch opportunities. Turner and Westland join from krow where they have been Creative Directors for the last two years, looking after DFS, Fiat, and the launch of Virgin Trains […]

Fabio Di Giammarco Named to Top Marketing Role for Bacardí Rum

Fabio Di Giammarco Named to Top Marketing Role for Bacardí Rum

Bacardi announced the immediate promotion of Fabio Di Giammarco, 42, to Global Vice President for Bacardí rum. In this role, Mr. Di Giammarco is responsible for the Bacardí rum brand marketing efforts globally, including enhancing brand equity, positioning, advertising, packaging and pricing. He reports to Mauricio Vergara, CMO North America and global lead for Bacardí […]

Mindshare adds to Asia chairman Ashutosh Srivastava’s duties

Mindshare adds to Asia chairman Ashutosh Srivastava’s duties

Ashutosh Srivastava, chairman Asia and CEO emerging markets group Mindshare, has added the Middle East and Africa to his remit. The change comes as Helen McRae is appointed Mindshare UK CEO, a role she will combine with her responsibility as chair of Mindshare Western Europe, representing Europe on the GroupM Europe board. McRae’s Africa responsibilities […]

Wunderman UK boosts strategic and creative offering with new hirings

Wunderman UK boosts strategic and creative offering with new hirings

Wunderman UK has made key hirings bolstering its strategic and creative offering, with Paul Harvey joining as Head of Project Management, Lezaan Roos as Strategy Director, Michael Maxwell as Senior Strategist and Andrew Thomas as Conceptual Lead. Head of Project Management Paul Harvey joins from AKQA where he was Associate Programme Director working on Nike. […]