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Nicole Bence, network digital sales director at Seven West Media, has been appointed chair of the IAB Australia Board, effective immediately. Bence succeeds Matt Rowley, CEO of Pedestrian Group, who has been chair since January 2019. Bence will work closely with IAB Australia CEO, Gai Le Roy, on initiatives and programs to address key industry matters including the role of measurement ratings currency, preparation for changes to online identifiers such as cookies, continuing to drive programmatic transparency and input in the local Privacy Act review. Bence joined Seven West Media in February 2020 from Pacific Magazines, where she led its commercial team and previously was digital commercial cirector at NOVA Entertainment.
Wavemaker Thailand has appointed Jutarat Eartrakulpaiboon and Christopher Orcutt to the roles of general manager and head of strategy effective immediately. With more than 20 years of experiences and expertise, both will be responsible for leading the local team in strategic and planning practices, reporting to Rathakorn Surbsuk, managing director of Wavemaker Thailand. Eartrakulpaiboon joins the agency from Vizeum Thailand, where she was GM. Orcutt was previously regional strategic planning director of Publicis One. Meanwhile, Supachai Supapirom has been named to the newly created role of director of ecommerce. Supapirom, who was previously digital director at Vizeum will now be responsible for corporate eCommerce strategy planning as well as building ties with external stakeholders and partners.
Thrive PR + Communications has promoted Clare Basire to general manager, Sydney, while also appointing her to the Thrive executive. Basire takes on this role following more than three years as Thrive’s business director in Sydney. As GM, she will continue to spearhead the office’s operations and team, as well as take on responsibility for national duties including leading client experience and service.
Behavioural research firm EyeSee has opened a new APAC sales office in Singapore led by Tom Vande Moortel who will continue to work with and expand their existing Asian client portfolio.
Intelligent Video Solutions (IVS) has partnered with RSquared Global Ventures (R2GV) to support its expansion plans in launching iVS’ premium programmatic marketplace to advertisers via the consolidation of video inventories of premium web-publishers and broadcasters initially in South-East Asia and Australia. R2GV was recently launched by R2GV, launched by Ranga Somanathan, previously CEO of OMG Singapore and Malaysia and Ravi Bhaya, ex-managing director at Publicis Media Indonesia.
DDB Group Hong Kong has launched Motion, a new offering designed to bring the exacting craftsmanship of film and photography studios to digital-friendly executions in response to client aspirations for higher creative quality for social and digital content, not just cheaper. The division is led by integrated creative specialist Jamal Hamidi, previously ECD of DDB Group Hong Kong, who now serves as managing director of Motion. Hamidi has also recruited Jacie Tan from O&M RedFuse as head of content creation who has three decades of experience as a producer. Motion covers a wide range of services including digital content, video, photography, animation and motion design, and live-streaming. It has already begun operation, with specialists embedded into DDB’s creative department, working on briefs, producing digital content and physical collateral for clients such as McDonald’s, Hotels.com, Landmark, and Johnson&Johnson. See story here.
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