Former Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington GM Michael Rebelo has today been named as the Sydney-based NZ & Australia ceo for Publicis Communications, a position he will hold in conjunction with his present role as Sydney-based Saatchi NZ & Australia ceo. He has previously also been MD at Saatchi London for four years (to 2011).

Why are there so few female executives in advertising, asks Campaign Asia-Pacific, drawing our attention to its inaugural Gender Diversity Survey – now with just one week to run.

This article was written for M+AD by Chemisty Interaction director Mike Larmer: For most progressive brands, content marketing has come of age with CMOs – and it now needs to pay its way, just like any other channel.

CAANZ has confirmed details on its upcoming Axis Q&A at the Pt Chev RSA with host Peter Vegas and two offshore guests – and unveiled more names.

The Facebook fan numbers posted in M+AD on Friday were not – as we claimed – an actual top 20. The ‘rankings’ were the result of Porter Novelli exercise that compared Countdown’s fan numbers to other, similar, major brands like New World and Pak’nSave.

Shortland Street-based branding agency Principals has developed a new brand design identity for New Zealand commercial law giant Russell McVeagh.