People on the move featuring Debenhams, the Guardian, Saatchi & Saatchi, Mindshare and more

Debenhams has created three new managing director roles as part of an internal restructure that has seen the business pivot around three units: Beauty and Beauty Services, Fashion and Home, and Food and Events.

Two of the new managing director roles will be filled internally. The retailer's marketing director Richard Cristofoli will take up the new role of managing director of beauty, beauty services and marketing, while retail director Ross Clemmow will broaden his role to become managing director for retail, digital, food and events.

The last role will be filled by Steven Cook, former chief merchant of Canada’s luxury retailer, Holt Renfrew, who will join Debenhams in January 2018 as managing director of fashion and home.

The Guardian

The Guardian has appointed John Mulholland, editor of the Observer, as editor of the newspaper's US division.

Mulholland has been editor of the Sunday paper since 2008, having joined as deputy editor in 1998. He will take on the top US job for the Guardian in spring 2018 when his replacement at the Observer will also be named.

He had been serving in the role on an interim basis since April to cover Lee Glendinning, who was on maternity leave. However, he returned to the UK to reprise his Observer duties during the Autumn.

But with this latest shake-up and Mulholland's return to the helm for the Guardian US, Glendinning has become executive editor for membership. Natalie Hanman, who currently holds the role, has become assistant editor for the global publication as a result.

Merkle

​Merkle has appointed Julia Crawley-Boevey as head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for EMEA to help drive its growth strategy for the region.

In the role Crawley-Boevey will be responsible for both sourcing the companies best aligned with Merkle’s aims, leading all deal activity and overseeing post-acquisition integration.

Prior to joining Merkle, Crawley-Boevey was head of global business strategy and M&A at digital marketing agency iCrossing, where she oversaw the launch of new agency services and identified key investment priorities. She also led a team dedicated to the marketing services sector at Results International, the leading advisor on M&A and fundraising, where she advised Periscopix on its acquisition by Merkle.

Bench

Bench has appointed Dan Johns, the former chief operating officer of IPG Mediabrands Australia, as a member of the marketing platform’s advisory board to accelerate growth with APAC enterprise clients.

Johns will act as a key advisor to Bench, supporting the company’s growth across the APAC region and spearhead the company’s new enterprise division.

Kantar

Kantar has appointed Katie McClintock as chief executive of its insights division (Kantar TNS and Kantar Millward Brown) in Singapore. Katie will take up the position in January.

Katie joins from MasterCard, where she led marketing planning, insight and strategy development in APAC. Prior to this, Katie was regional CEO at Kantar Added Value, part of the consulting arm of the Kantar business. She also held the position of insights director, APAC for PepsiCo.

Mindshare

Mindshare, a part of GroupM, has announced the appointment of M K Machaiah (Mac), as chief innovation officer of South Asia.

In this role, Mac will lead the integrated approach to consumer engagement and strengthen brand propositions across all consumer touchpoints including traditional, social and experiential.

FCB Ulka

​FCB Ulka brought on board Shalini Rao to lead strategic planning for the Horlicks portfolio.

Shalini comes with close to two and a half decades of marketing experience across FMCG brands, such as (Marico, Gillette, Mars), B2B (Tetra Pak) & Service (Taj Hotels).

Partners + Napier

Julie DeRoller has been promoted to senior vice president, group director at Rochester-based Partners + Napier. DeRoller has led and built the newly rebranded Vine Creative Studios group over the course of her 13-year career at the agency, most recently as vice president/creative and account director. DeRoller started at Partners + Napier in 2005 as a senior art director working on Constellation Brands.

DNA

DNA has promoted long-time agency executive Chris Witherspoon to president and chief growth officer, a new position at the agency. The agency also announced that award-winning creative director Scott Fero is being promoted to executive creative director. The moves put in place an extended leadership and management team designed to accelerate the agency’s already fast-paced growth.

Odysseus Arms

Odysseus Arms has added to its account team, bringing on Gillian McBrayer as an account supervisor on Carlo Rossi, Andre Champagne and Barefoot wines; and Caroline Sinclair as a junior strategist. McBrayer joins from San Francisco shop Venables Bell & Partners, while Sinclair, a native of Sweden, has held various strategic and creative positions at San Francisco firms Blue Truck Inc. and Cross Marketing PR.

Saatchi & Saatchi New York

Saatchi & Saatchi NY appointed Michelle Kunken as an executive creative director. She will report directly to chief creative officer Javier Campopiano and will work across a variety of clients. Most recently Michelle was an ECD at KBS and oversaw creative development and production on AdCouncil, Boar’s Head, Monster and Vanguard.

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