Movers & Shakers: Accenture, SCA, JOY, Ipsos, BBC

By AdNews | 30 May 2025
 

It's hard to keep up with all the latest moves across media, marketing and advertising, so we've made a list. Check out the biggest moves in adland from this week.

David Droga steps down to spend more time 'thinking, daydreaming’

Australian adman David Droga is stepping down as chief executive officer of Accenture Song to take a broader strategic role across all of Accenture as vice chair.

Coles merges roles, chief customer officer goes

Amanda McVay, appointed chief customer officer two years ago, replacing then CMO Lisa Ronson, is leaving. 

SCA appoints Dave Box to drive Brisbane audio sales

Broadcaster SCA has appointed Dave Box head of agency and digital sales for the Brisbane market.

Former senior Omnicom executives join JOY as partners

Independent marketing agency JOY has appointed former OMG executives Philip Pollock and Matthew Keegan as partners.

Equality Media + Marketing names new strategy manager

Independent agency Equality Media + Marketing has appointed Eleyna Michael strategy manager. She joins from Southern Cross Austereo. 

Robert Morgan steps down as chair of Creative Australia

Robert Morgan, the executive chair of Clemenger, is stepping down as the chair of umbrella arts group Creative Australia.

Kim Verbrugghe appointed MD at SLIK 

She has worked with major Australian brands including ALDI, Qantas, CBA, Westpac, Hyundai, Merlin Entertainments and HOYTS, and held senior strategy, product and experience design roles at a number of agencies such as Orchard and Deepend.

Lution appoints Mike Worden chief media officer 

Worden joins with two decades of experience from across both agency and client-side roles. He previously worked at Endeavour Group, where he led media and effectiveness.

Daren Poole to lead advertising research at Ipsos 

Market research company Ipsos has appointed former Kantar global creative head Daren Poole creative excellence leader in Australia.

BBC Studios Productions Australia appoints new leadership team

Scott Hartley has been appointed head of production for scripted, Amanda Bainbridge creative head of post-production, and Amber Brown director of partnerships, digital and brand.

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