Movers & Shakers: Publicis, Zitcha, Chatime, Are Media, Paramount

By AdNews | 6 March 2026
 

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 this week.

Omnicom's Naomi Michael appointed Publicis APAC chief communications officer

The former Omnicom Media head of brand marketing for the APAC leadership team, has turned to Publicis APAC, in a newly created Singapore based role.

Meta’s Phil Bonanno jumps to Zitcha

The former client partner at Meta has joined Zitcha as APAC commercial director of retail media platform.

Alison Walsh appointed CMO at Chatime

She joins from Guzman y Gomez, where she spent 17 years helping scale the business.

Are Media appoints Shannon Fitzpatrick 

He has been appointed head of data, adtech & commercial operations.

Helen Elliott appointed to Queensland ad sales at Paramount

Formerly, she led the 10 regional sales team as head of regional sales in Brisbane.  ​

Virgin’s Nancy Lan appointed Mindshare Sydney’s client MD

She brings more than 20 years' leadership experience across Australia, Asia and Europe.

Joy in hiring spree

Michael Liow, Will Clayden, Vaidehi Gokhale, Charlie Burgess-Hoar, Rebecca Odell, Amisha Piplani, Jakob Waitai, Maddie Corrigan and Eric Alvarez have joined JOY.

SOLVD appoints Dan Stephens creative director 

Prior to joining SOLVD, he was senior art director at Enigma

Cummins makes three appointments across strategy and client services. 

Natassja Cox strategist, Lara Tarabey and Marika Tsourekis have joined the team.

 

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