Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic

By AdNews | 1 May 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.

Rohan Lund appointed CEO at Southern Cross Media 

Lund, who starts May 1, is a former COO of Foxtel, COO Seven West Media and founding CEO of Yahoo!7.

Stan’s Dan Taylor resigns 

To become CEO of the Melbourne Football Club.

Andrew cook joins BrandSpace 

He joins as head of media sales. Georgia Tomaszewski is promoted to head of client and business partnerships.

WPP appoints Peter Agnefjäll to its board of directors 

He joins the board as non-executive director. 

PHD’s Joanna Barnes jumps to Bastion 

She joins as executive media director.

Jack Nimble bolsters leadership with two appointments

Aja Sandoval joins as head of production and Kayne Wilkinson is promoted to group account director.

QMS and WPP Media executives elected co-chairs of IAB Australia DOOH Council

Michael Whiteside and Jacqueline Ingram have been elected.

The Experience Advocacy Taskforce appoints four ambassadors to tackle ageism

The Marketing Academy founder and global CEO, Sherilyn Shackell, Mutinex executive growth officer, John Sintras, WPP former COO John ‘Steady’ Steedman and Campaign Edge founder and executive creative director, Dee Madigan, join. 

Paramount’s Cameron Mudge jumps to Jarvis OMD

He joins as business director, a newly created role spanning both the agency's media and creative teams.

Former IPG Mediabrands CEO Mark Coad joins Hatched

He joins as strategic advisor, tasked with rolling out its AI and automation product, driving business development and mentoring the leadership team.

Anthropic opens in Sydney and appoints Theo Jourmouzis GM

Hourmouzis brings more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry across Asia Pacific. 

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