Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: DDB Aotearoa NZ has promoted Nikki McKelvie to managing director. She replaces Chris Willingham, who left the ad sector in June last year to become CMO of Australian footwear & clothing maker R.M.Williams.

AUCKLAND, Today: School Road Publishing has enlisted Lisa Hay as head of commercial. Hay was GM of Pumpt Agency, a boutique North Shore shop specialising in DM, flyer & catalogue design.

AUCKLAND, Today: US comedy director Andrew Laurich, currently a resident of Auckland, has joined the Fish&Clips New Zealand roster for commercial work in the antipodes.

AUCKLAND: TVNZ last month announced the appointment of Simon Power as its next chief executive, replacing Kevin Kenrick who has resigned after nine years at the helm.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZME this morning announced that Kelly Gunn will join the company as GM Communications.

NEW YORK, Friday: GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, has names Marie-Claire Barker as global chief people officer, effective January. She succeeds Jennifer Remling, who was appointed WPP’s chief people officer only in October.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Commercial Communications Council has unveiled the appointment of Simon Lendrum as their new ceo.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Monkeys Aotearoa is bolstering its strategic offering announcing three new hires – head of planning Tom Sykes, strategic planner Haley Hetherington and senior planner Craig McLeod.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZME has announced the appointment of Paul Hancox as chief commercial officer. Hancox joined NZME in 2017. He joined the executive team as chief revenue officer in 2019. He will now oversee direct clients in addition to his existing portfolio.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Federation has announced the appointment of Daisy Conroy-Botica, formerly social and digital manager at Special Group, into the newly created role of digital and social strategy lead.