Arrivals & Departures

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.

Australia’s second-largest telecoms company Optus has appointed Vodafone NZ consumer director Matt Williams to the new role of marketing & revenue managing director, after an internal restructure.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Auckland digital agency Little Giant, Linked by Isobar has announced that ceo and founder Mark Hurley will be stepping down after eight years. Ian Howard, current MD and previously chief strategy officer, has been promoted into the ceo role.

BRISBANE, Friday: Queensland-based creative/digital/media agency BCM has appointed Christy Peacock – for three years up to October last year the ECD at TBWA\NZ – to ECD in Brisbane.

SINGAPORE, Today: Dentsu Aegis Network has named Dick Van Motman as global ceo for creative and Gordon Bowen as global chief creative officer.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: NZME has today appointed former journalist Cliff Joiner to the newly created role of general manager communications.

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday: Publicis’ California-based digital agency for premium brands, Team One, has hired Kiwi expat Kirsten Rutherford as executive creative director on Expedia.