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Deakin worked at Wolff Olins for three years.

TTD has confirmed three of its senior leaders have stepped down amidst a slew of changes, challenges and disruptions for the company.

New recruits will report to executive creative director Mitch Syrett.

Rouch joined OpenAI in 2025 from Coinbase and has previously held positions at Meta and The Bridgespan Group.

Mallory Simmonds replaces Melissa Chapman, who left in February.

Campaign speaks to Arthur Sadoun, chief executive of Publicis Groupe, and Suzy Deering, CEO of Publicis Sports, about sports marketing being the network’s “next big bet”.

Damian Blackden leaves ad industry after 37 years in media.

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Simon Richings had spent four years at We Are Social.

Bill Murphy previously worked at Neverland on a freelance basis.

Role will work with Croud’s chief growth officer, James Wilde, on shared pitches.

The shop aims to help brands “build relevance by understanding fandom as infrastructure, not subculture.”

David Toussaint was previously global head of strategy and creative communications strategy for The Coca-Cola Company at Grey.

The four appointments follow a “growing client demand for social and creator expertise”.

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Kara Osborne departed the role in October 2025

Nasr has held roles at Dazn, WeTransfer and Twitter UK.

Deakin worked at Wolff Olins for three years.

Maloney joined WPP Media in 2008.

Appointment is Feral's first major hire.

She previously led marketing at Starling Bank for eight years.

Studio 59 opens in April 2026.

Welcome to Campaign's weekly round-up of the hires, departures and promotions across the industry.

He has been in the role for just over a year.

New business was previously overseen by founders Henry Daglish and Pedro Avery. 

Hire replaces former co-MDs Kate Anthony and Marcos Angelides.

Longtime PHD executive steps into the role following the exit of Mallory Simmonds, who previously led Kepler’s APAC and EMEA business.

Ellen Griffin succeeds George Manas, who has been promoted to chief growth and solutions officer of Omnicom.

Former chief marketing officer EMEA at Tag says the business aims to “enable brands to do more in-house or work differently with agencies”.

Lau will report to Justin Bairamian, director of BBC Creative.

Appointment aims to “put media fluency at the heart of creativity, strategy and commercial impact”.

Former EssenceMediacom chief client officer brings knowledge of media owner sector from her WPP days.

Appointment follows the departure of Nagmeh Taheri, formerly chief business development officer of Publicis Media.

He has been in the role for seven years.

New appointments mark first phase in chief executive Kat Bozicevich's new strategy.

Changes at both group and local level.

Coda will become IdentityCoda.

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He will focus on a global advisory role at the agency, alongside other non-executive advisory roles.

He begins in the role later this month.

She replaces Katie Burrow, who has moved to Netflix.

Executive chair steps down after four years in the role.

Tate is currently strategic transformation partner at Common Interest-owned brand consultancy TwentyFirstCenturyBrand.

Ete Davies will report to Sven Huberts, global president at LePub.

Top shareholder Vin Murria rejoins board.

Sergeant will be GB News' first CRO.

Geraghty will also lead WPP Brand and Design as global CEO.

They leave at the end of April.

The start-up also hired former Dark Horses CEO Melissa Robertson as non-exec director.

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She will join on 17 March.

MRM brand closes in the UK and North America, but will remain in some smaller markets.

It is Douglas-Kilgannon's first chief executive role.

Former group chief growth officer at MullenLowe UK lands new role.

The six appointments were made across its London and Manchester offices.

Appointment replaces Lola Neves.

The network has also made two key appointments for its Europe region.

David Jones’ marketing technology group selects CEOs in the UK, North America and France.

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She was previously Neverland's chief strategy officer.

He has worked at Born Social and M&C Saatchi Performance.

Combined role is new and was created by chief executive Annette Male.

Publicis Groupe has appointed a former global head of influence at Ogilvy and WPP Open X as its new global influencer lead.

Former OMD UK head of growth appointed as part of a wider leadership expansion at AAR.

He will report to chief executive David MacMillan.

He spent almost a decade at the social media agency.

She previously worked at Droga5 London for more than six years.

Dentsu's corporate shake-up and appointment of a new chief executive follows record $2bn (£1.5bn) annual loss. 

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ECD reports to Andrés Ordóñez.

He will join the shop in mid April.

Her work "Meet Marina Prieto" for JCDecaux won a B2B Cannes Lions Grand Prix in 2024. 

Uncommon Creative Studio has unveiled a PR, culture and influence practice, which it believes will ‘carve out a new space in a tired category’.

Jordan Wisbey will report to Kris Boger, regional general manager for the UK, Ireland and Benelux, business solutions at TikTok.

Duo joins from Saatchi & Saatchi.

Former UK chief executive of Merkle leaves Dentsu after seven years.

Hiroshi Igarashi will leave his role next month as replacement named.

Ben McNaughton joins from Mother London.

The pair join from BBH London.

Belief Studio will become part of Form Productions.

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He previously held CEO roles at Mindshare EMEA, MediaCom APAC and PHD China.

Palmer relocates to London after 20 years at rival WPP.

Justin Taylor was managing director of Teads UK for almost 11 years.

Rebecca Fennelly, former global marketing and communications director at Brainlabs, also joins as growth director.

Dara Lynch stepped down last year after 18 years.

Digitas would not confirm whether the role will be replaced.

The pair worked at MullenLowe UK for almost a decade.

Frances Draskau joins from T&P.

New appointments mark a reorganisation under new media CEO James Bailey.

Role replaces Claire Cootes and will report to chief executive Anne Stagg.

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Shenda Loughnane, global president of Dentsu X, had been in the role in an interim capacity since March 2025.

He will ensure the agency stays ahead of the latest AI tools and trends.

Omnicom agency’s CEO Gabrielle Ludzker also left last year.

Appointment strengthens the agency's leadership bench as it prepares for growth.

Creo network was launched in 2025.

Accenture Song global CCO Neil Heymann takes over creative leadership.

They join from dual role leading social at Accenture Song and Droga5 London.

He has worked with clients including Amazon, Coca-Cola and Maserati.