People on the Move: Anna Fenton joins Levy, new group head of digital for Vodafone, Alicia Holbrook joins Nobull and Twitter poaches a Google exec

Adobe has today announced the appointment of Bijan Bedroud as managing director of Northern Europe. Bedroud joins Adobe from Eloqua, which was recently acquired by Oracle Corporation, where he spent four years as vice president of EMEA.

Curb Media – the experiential agency behind initiatives like Paddy Power’s sky tweets, Naked Juice’s socially enabled vegetable patch and the Swiss Tourism Board icebergs – has appointed Jon Spary to the newly created position of head of new business Spary has joined from Year Sense, having also served in a senior position at Billington Cartmell.

Olivier Gers has been appointed global president of Starcom MediaVest’s branded entertainment content unit LiquidThread. Gers previously served as CEO of Endemol Worldwide Brands division and as general manager at Freemantle Media Licensing Worldwide.

Sodexo Presitge marketing director Anna Fenten has left the role to join O2 Arena and Chelsea FC food and drink provider Levy Restaurants as head of marketing. The business, which is part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, provides tailor-made food and drink services for companies and organisations and Fenten will oversee its brand messaging and marketing strategy.

The Outdoor Media Centre has announced the appointment of Naren Patel as chairman, replacing Jeremy Male.

Global Radio CEO Stephen Miron has been named the new president of advertising charity Nabs.

MRM Meteorite has appointed Andrew Day as creative director and executive sponsor for Intel and Vauxhall. Day brings previous experience from time at Imagination where he worked on accounts for Shell, Ted Baker, Asics and Roche, and he was one of the creative leads on SapientNitro’s Foot Locker ‘Sneakerpedia’ campaign.

Lewis Pullen, the former marketing chief at Qantas, has been hired by the National Rugby League to launch its new branded news portal appointed. The digital marketing and content lead role has been newly created by the NRL

Bauer Media has announced further strategic changes to its Place portfolio’s senior team, promoting Cath Ellington to the newly created role of group commercial director, Place, Northern England and Scotland, with Steve King taking up a new position as business development director for Bauer Radio.

Nobull Communications has announced the appointment of Alicia Holbrook to the newly created role of digital director. Joining from Rentokil Initial, Holbrook will look to accelerate the agency’s growth and driving thought leadership initiatives and build upon the talent that already exists in the team. Holbrook also has editorial experience, having previously held the role of travel and lifestyle editor for Golf Monthly.

Australian production house The Sweet Shop has appointed Laura Thoel as managing director of its US office. She joins the agency from Smuggler.

Affiliate network MoreNiche has appointed former head of customer support at Generate UK Kirstie Eager as head of client services.

Founding client partner of Kitcatt Nohr Digitas Vonnie Alexander has been appointed managing director of the agency as it announces the departure of co-founder and chief operating officer Jeremy Shaw. In addition, Ben Golik has been named executive creative director and Andrew Purdy has been appointed head of project management and operations.

180 Amsterdam has hired Tony Bartolucci as senior art director, tasking him with working on some of its high-profile accounts for clients including Qatar Airways and Asics.

Merlin Entertainment has announced the appointment of TBWA\Manchester to handle advertising for Alton Towers Resort, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures Resort.

Centaur Media, specialists in business information, events and marketing services, have announced the appointment of Andria Vidler to serve as the group’s new chief executive from 4 November.

The National Broadband Network is to be joined by former Telstra executive JB Rousselot, who will be responsible for the company’s strategy and transformation. He replaces Mike Kaiser.

Design brand Emma Bridgewater has appointed Frank PR to help as it looks to transition into a lifestyle brand. The British earthenware producer has five stores, as well as being sold in retailers such as John Lewis, Liberty and House of Fraser.

SapientNitro has hired Brand Advocate co-founder Trefor Thomas as creative director. Thomas most recently served as executive creative director at brand Advocate and brings 17 years’ experience to the role, including stints at RMG Connect and Saatchi and Saatchi.

Frankie Cory has been announced as the new chief executive of Mischief PR, joining from the EDC UK Group, where she was chief executive of the network’s Citizen Relations. Cory takes over the position which has been vacant since the departure of Mitchell Kaye earlier in this year.