MediaCom has revealed it will be promoting its current general manager of its Sydney office, Ben McCallum to managing director, Sydney.
McCallum has more than 16 years of advertising experience working for a number of agencies in London, Manchester and Sydney.
According to MediaCom, McCallum has played a "pivotal role" which has had a "positive and measurable" impact on the agency’s people, clients and media partners.
As managing director, McCallum will continue to use his leadership and knowledge of MediaCom’s people and products to drive new business, strategic partnerships and product development to deliver growth for the NSW based agency.
“Over the past 18 months, I have loved watching Ben blossom as a leader. He’s established himself one of the industry’s brightest upcoming leaders and is equally loved by our teams, our clients and our media partners," MediaCom ANZ CEO Willie Pang says.
"His appointment to the role of Managing Director is richly deserved and I’m thankful for the sacrifices he has made to make us better.
Pang added that the agency has "big aspirations" for the coming years and under McCallum's leadership was confident that the agency will accelerate its path of growth.
“I am delighted to be taking on the MD role at MediaCom Sydney. The team here are phenomenal at what they do and I know we are on the path to achieving great things together," McCallum says.
"This can already be seen in the work we have delivered recently with our clients, media partners and network of agencies."
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