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Media People on the Move

People on the move featuring Leo Burnett, Taxi, Yo Sushi, Equator and more

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By Jenny Cleeton, Social Media & Video Content Creator

April 28, 2017 | 6 min read

This week has seen another wave of appointments and departures at brands, media owners and agencies. The Drum has rounded up the key moves from the EMEA, APAC and North America regions below.

Taxi, Yo Sushi, Equator

People on the move featuring Taxi, Yo Sushi, Equato.r

EMEA people are on the move

Taxi Studio

Taxi Studio has announced the appointment of Kate Lenton as managing director as Brian Mansfield steps up to assume the role of chairman.

Lenton, who was previously managing and strategy parter is taking over the role from Mansfield who has been promoted after eight years.

Yo! Sushi

Luisa Fernandez has been appointed as marketing director at Yo Sushi.

Having spent the last 15 years at British Ariways, and most recently heading up the CRM innovation Lab, Fernandez will continue working on innovation and new experiences at the food chain.

Leo Burnett

Leo Burnett has bolstered its senior team with the hire of Daniel Evans as creative director.

The creator of Hello You Creatives, Evans joins from We Are Social where he led the position of Associate Creative Director. In his new role he will work as creative director on all major pieces of business.

Circus Street

Circus Street has welcomed St John Betteridge, former managing director of advertising at Time Out, as chief revenue officer EMEA.

Bringing a wealth of experience, Betteridge will look to support the global growth strategy of the business while focusing on Europe.

PrettyGreen

Pretty Green has appointed Dan Mason as senior account executive.

In his new role, Mason will work across Virgin Media and MaxiMuscle.

Mondelez

​Mondelez has confirmed that its chief marketing officer Dana Anderson is to depart amid a string of executive changes.

Anderson is leaving the parent company of Oreo and Cadbury to take up the same role at MediaLink – an advertising and marketing consultancy.

Grey London

Olivia Browne is set to join Grey London from The Martin Agency.

Crispin Porter & Bogusky

Dave Buongauidi is leaving Crispin Porter & Bogusky to launch his own business.

Stepping down later this year, Buongauidi will launch his own creative business solutions and investment business, UNLtd-inc.

HSBC

Leanne Cutts has been appointed as group head of marketing, succeeding Chris Clark who is stepping down after 15 years.

Previously at Mondelez, Cutts held the role of international executive where she was president for gum, candy and beverages in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

Equator

Richard Carroll has been appointed as business development director at Equator.

In his new role, Carroll will be responsible for growing the agency’s list of financial clients including AXA Insurance, Lloyds Banking Group and Clydesdale Banking Group.

The Content Marketing Association

Catherine Maskell has joined The Content Marketing Association as managing director.

In her new role, Maskell will begin the new role at the start of May and aims to bring agencies and brands closer together.

Realise

Realise executive creative director Don Smith has left the agency after eight years to start his own business for creative inventive ideas.

The new shop will be named One Hundred Flowers, which he described as "an invention and destruction practice."

The Lead Agency

Tom White has joined The lead Agency as managing director of its automotive division.

Joining from Time Out as product director, White will focus on developing the company's core products while building relationships with advertisers.

Portman Group

John Timothy has joined the UK alcohol industry's social responsibility body, Portman Group.

Timothy, who is replacing Henry Ashworth who stepped down in December 2016, has spent the last ten years at Tesco where he held a number of senior roles.

Unliads

Former Rakuten chief technology officer, Seth Richardson will join Unilad for the newly created role of chief product officer.

The co-founder of attribution and measurement platform, DC Storm, will head up a dedicated product organisation.

APAC people on the move

CNBC international

CNBC International has added to its Singapore and London offices with a number of new hires.

Emma Sirca will join the Singapore office as vice president of sales and client partnerships while Kate McVeigh will join the London office in the newly created role of vice president of client strategy and development and catalyst services. In addition, Tim Shepherd will be joining as creative technologist director, also based in London.

USA People on the move

David&Golliath

David&Golliath has announced the appointment of four senior hires to its creative department.

Fernando Reis, Wilson Mateos and Marcelo Padoca join as creative directors to head the Kia account while Raul Garcia joins as a creative director/art director to work on multiple accounts.

Cutwater

Independent agency, Cutwater, has appointed Ronny Northdrop as executive creative director.

Having previously spent time at Gyro, Northdrop brings a wealth of experience.

Dose

Former vice president of strategy, Aric Lapera, has joined Dose.

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