Farrokh Madon joins Merkle B2B as APAC creative chief
Madon was most recently managing his own branding and communications agency PIRATE and was previously with Wunderman Thompson Singapore as chief creative officer.
Madon was most recently managing his own branding and communications agency PIRATE and was previously with Wunderman Thompson Singapore as chief creative officer.
Anita Munro will be part of GroupM’s APAC leadership team in her new position.
She will continue to be the agency's APAC managing director.
It will also provide a springboard for Maker Lab to launch globally.
Both parties will tap into the commerce and technology expertise across WPP and its media agencies within GroupM through quarterly advisory meetings.
At the same time, Hari Ramanathan has been elevated to CEO, VMLY&R South and Southeast Asia and Japan.
The Groupe is handing over control of its Russian operations to Sergey Koptev, founding chairman of Publicis in Russia, with the clear contractual condition of ensuring a future for employees there.
Hudson will oversee the client services and business development teams and lead key client leadership across the agency's growing consumer and corporate portfolio across the region.
IPG will be leaving its Russian teams with enough capital on their balance sheet to pay their people for a minimum of six months.
According to Tan, her first order of business is to get to know the region even better, engage with the teams and clients, and listen, learn, and figure out how she can help.