Movers & Shakers: SCA, dentsu, Snap, JCDecaux, NOVA

NOVA Entertainment has appointed Josh Halling Sydney commercial director. Halling will work, alongside NOVA’s senior commercial leaders and CREATE team, with holding groups, independent agency partners and direct advertisers. 

Tony Keusgen is the new local MD for Snap

Snap has appointed Tony Keusgen managing director Australia and New Zealand. He replaces Kathryn Carter. Keusgen was most recently with Quantium, a leader in AI and Data Science, where he was the global chief customer officer. Before that, he spent more than a decade with Google where he held a number of roles in the APAC region.

Dentsu's Emma Davis becomes UnLtd GM Queensland

UnLtd, the industry's social purpose organisation, has appointed Emma Davis general manager for Queensland, starting July 3. Davis joins UnLtd from dentsu Queensland, where she is senior client director at Carat Brisbane.

DDB Sydney appoints associate creative director duo

DDB Sydney has appointed Simon Koay and Steven Hey associate creative directors. Koay and Hey join from Wunderman Thompson where they paired up four years ago as creative directors, working across brands such as KitKat, Rural Fire Service NSW and Parkinson’s NSW.

Google's Tara McKenty named BMF's ECD and chief innovation officer

Tara McKenty has joined BMF in the newly created dual role of chief innovation officer and executive creative director (ECD). McKenty, who is set to join BMF in July, has spent the past 16 years working in the creative industry across the APAC region, most recently as the creative head at Google for nine years. 

David Kolbusz appointed jury president for the 44th AWARD Awards

The Australasian Writers and Art Directors (AWARD) has appointed David Kolbusz, the chief creative officer at Orchard Creative, jury president of this year’s AWARD Awards. He is recognised for bringing creative excellence to international agencies including Mother, Droga5, TBWA\Chiat Day, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, BBH and Wieden + Kennedy.

JCDecaux's Cassandra Cameron jumps to oOh!

oOh!mediahas has appointed Cassandra Cameron to the newly created role of group director - network strategy. Cameron, previously executive general manager - revenue strategy and operations at JCDecaux, will be responsible for driving commercial network strategy.

Coles has a replacement for Lisa Ronson

Amanda McVay will be joining Coles as chief customer officer. She will lead the development and execution of the marketing, brand and customer communication strategies. She joins Coles Group from supercenter chain Meijer in the US where she was most recently group vice president, head of marketing, digital, customer strategy & own brand.

The Singapore Tourism Board's new director in Sydney

Kimberly Spykerman is the new Singapore Tourism Board area director, Oceania, based in Sydney office. She is taking over from Stephanie Yong, who will be returning to Singapore on secondment to the ministry of national development as a deputy director. Spykerman, prior to joining the Singapore Tourism Board, was a journalist with a decade of experience in print and broadcast media, working for key mainstream media titles in Singapore including The Straits Times and Channel NewsAsia. 

RTB House appoints ANZ country manager

RTB House, a global provider of remarketing technologies that use Deep Learning to help businesses drive more efficiencies from their marketing spend, has appointed Radinck van Vollenhoven as the country manager for Australia and New Zealand. He has extensive experience in digital marketing, having worked for major companies such as Apple, Spotify, Criteo, and Stocard.