Creston Group CEO Barrie Brien Steps Down

After 12 years of growing Creston and subsidiary Unlimited Group holding company, Group CEO Barrie Brien is stepping down. The move follows the firm’s sale to DBAY Advisors last year for and estimated $95 million. Creston sold to DBay Advisors in 2016 for £75.8m and then became a private company. Brien will assist in an […]

Fergus Hay has been appointed as CEO and partner at Leagas Delaney

Leagas Delaney has appointed Ogilvy Asia-Pacific’s Fergus Hay as its chief executive and partner. Hay was most recently based in Singapore as Social@Ogilvy’s managing director for Asia-Pacific and managing director of global brand management for Ogilvy Asia-Pacific. Hay has been tasked with leading Leagas Delaney alongside the agency’s chairman and co-founder Tim Delaney and help […]

PHD Promotes Verica Djurdjevic to UK CEO

PHD has announced the promotion of Verica Djurdjevic from managing director to CEO of its UK offices. Verica will take up the position in April, succeeding Daren Rubins, who is joining executive search and consultancy firm The Lighthouse Company as CEO. Verica joined PHD in 2009 from MEC and was promoted to managing director in […]

Mindshare appoints Joanna Lyall to new MD role

Mindshare has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of Joanna Lyall to newly created role of UK managing director and Richard Kelly to head of exchange. Lyall was previously chief commercial officer for Mindshare and joined the agency in 1998. She is credited with tailoring how Mindshare connects and communicates with its clients and […]

WPP enjoys record year courtesy of the pound’s depreciation and acquisitions

WPP has brushed aside Brexit fears by having a record year at a time when other agency groups have struggled, with net profit skyrocketing 20.6% to £1.5bn. Most recently, WPP-owned M/SIX won the £100m Sainsbury’s media account off PHD. While this doesn’t impact the group’s 2016 results, it further underscores the group’s winning strategy. Not […]