Arrivals & Departures

Former Colenso BBDO managing director – now ceo at Clemenger BBDO Melbourne – has seen his bailiwick grow exponentially to include the role of ceo of Clemenger Sydney.

After an extensive global search, Special Group has appointed Rory Gallery to the position of head of strategy. Managing partner Michael Redwood says that though the agency is renowned for the quality of its design, creative and digital output, strategy has always been at the core of Special’s success.

TVNZ has appointed Jonathan Symons to the new executive role of marketing director, responsible for its marketing, Blacksand, and the research, data & insights teams.

New Zealand programmatic advertising exchange KPEX has announced that chief executive Richard Thompson will depart in March to establish a digital consultancy business.

Spark New Zealand has appointed Cassie Arauzo as a communications advisor, leading b2b PR for Spark Digital as well as the company’s device portfolio.

Leading global engagement marketing software/solutions provider Marketo has announced the appointment of Jill Rowley as chief growth advisor to expand the company’s digital sales transformation.

Y&R has appointed Fleur Head as managing director in its Wellington office. Effectively, this is a new role (previous Wellington MD Tim Ellis left over a year ago, and is now head of client service at Shine).

Sydney-based Andrew Hunter has joined Facebook in a newly created Australasian role as news partnerships lead, fronting Facebook’s “increasing collaboration” with Australia and New Zealand’s media networks and help with the local rollout of products specifically designed for the publishing industry.

Margaret Hawker is set to join downtown Auckland-based indie Running with Scissors as an Auckland-based creative strategist.

NZME has appointed Matt Headland to the position of chief commercial officer leading the organisation’s advertising sales teams and programmes. He replaces Laura Maxwell, who took up the new role of chief digital officer in August.