Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Today: Rob Bree – widely known as The Marketing Guy – has left the freewheeling lifestyle that came with 15 years of marketing and strategy consulting to join business performance improvement consultancy Prime Strategies Group.

AUCKLAND, Today: Leading customer intelligence agency Perceptive has appointed Sangeeta Kaydan to the role of senior software developer in NZ.

AUCKLAND, Today: Senior comms professionals Richard Gordon and Tim Marshall have joined PR consultancy Wright Communications (“the first specialist agency in sustainability communications”).

AUCKLAND, Friday: MediaWorks has appointed Barry Sadlier to the role of chief financial officer, effective immediately. Sadlier joined MediaWorks in 2017 as group financial controller and has been acting CFO since January.

AUCKLAND, Today: oOh!media has appointed two senior executives to continue its growth in the New Zealand market following the acquisition of AdShel. The sales leadership team has been bolstered with a new member, and the welcome return of another.

AUCKLAND, Today: One of NZ’s biggest confectionary marketers Mondelez International has lured Aucklander William Papesch back home to head up its local marketing team.

AUCKLAND, Today: Comms Council industry support group First Five Rungs has advised that current chair Harriette Hanson will be stepping down to pursue a career overseas. Fuse content & social media director Jed Misa will be taking up the role as group chair.

AUCKLAND, Today: Just five months after FCB promoted Matt Williams & Freddie Coltart to creative group lead roles, the highly decorated pair have abruptly switched sides – joining DDB, where they’ve been appointed as creative directors.

AUCKLAND, Friday: TVNZ has appointed Sally Falconer as general manager marketing & communications. Joining Blacksand GM Sarah Finnie and data & insights GM Caroline Izzard, reporting to marketing director Jonathan Symons.

SYDNEY, Thursday: M&C Saatchi – now based in Australia – has appointed Paul Hankinson to the role of executive creative director for its specialist agency model Greenhouse in New Zealand.