Victoria Gehrig (l) and Jen Sharpe.
Independent agency Think HQ has appointed Victoria Gehrig chief operating officer, bringing her into the national leadership team alongside founder and managing director Jen Sharpe.
Gehrig returns to Australia after six years in the US, where she served as global M&A integration director at dentsu, overseeing acquisition activity across large-scale multi-market deals.
Before that, she spent more than a decade at Isobar Australia, ultimately as group general manager, scaling the business from 20 to more than 350 people across four national offices.
Sharpe said Gehrig's experience in scaling agencies, integrating businesses and delivering at global scale was exactly what Think HQ needed for its continuing growth.
"This kind of experience is rare, which made asking Vic to join the team a no-brainer," she said.
Gehrig said she had spent her career building the foundational capabilities that enabled great businesses to grow without losing what made them great.
"Jen has built Think HQ into something truly unique in the agency landscape, and I'm excited to help her scale at pace," she said.
Think HQ has expanded to 120 people nationally and recently opened a Sydney office. Gehrig is based in Melbourne.
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