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. […]

Tracey Barber promoted to Havas Worldwide UK Chief Marketing Officer

Tracey Barber promoted to Havas Worldwide UK Chief Marketing Officer

Havas Worldwide Creative Group has promoted Tracey Barber to the role of UK Chief Marketing Officer across Havas Worldwide, Havas Work Club and Havas helia. Barber, who was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Havas helia, will lead a marketing and new business team working across Havas Creative Group’s agencies. Since joining Havas helia in 2014, […]

Y&R name Andrew Dimitriou President of Y&R Europe

Y&R name Andrew Dimitriou President of Y&R Europe

Y&R Global CEO David Sable announced that Andrew Dimitriou, a 16-year Y&R veteran, with experience working across four Continents in the network, has been named President of Y&R Europe. Andrew will work closely with the leaders in the region to evolve and help grow Y&R’s European offering, in order to serve Y&R’s clients across markets […]

LIFE enlists former Mother and KesselsKramer ECD Maurice Van De Ven

LIFE enlists former Mother and KesselsKramer ECD Maurice Van De Ven

Integrated marketing agency LIFE has appointed ex-MEC, Mother and KesselsKramer creative heavyweight Maurice Van De Ven as executive creative director to lead its new ‘Create Consequence’ orientation. Van De Ven will provide leadership and take responsibility for the creative direction of all agency accounts as LIFE launches ‘Create Consequence’ – the agency’s new point of […]