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While the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2021...

Sharing experiences with a good mentor can bring a new perspective, home truths and provocative ideas. Here, we find out how leading CMOs and enterpreneurs are embracing and driving a new approach to mentoring

Ashutosh Srivatsava says that like Singapore and Hong Kong, Australia is also having new subsets for media companies and advertisers to target.

Aimee Buchanan takes on GroupM CEO role July 29, 2021 7:10 OMD Australia Chief executive officer, Aimee Buchanan is leaving the Omnicom Group for competitor WPP AUNZ. Buchanan will take up the vacant role of GroupM chief executive officer. She will join GroupM in October to lead the network of agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence, Neo and m/SIX and specialty media businesses including Finecast, Xaxis and Sightline. The role was vacated by Mark Lollback who left the busine...

Wavemaker’s Peter Vogel on media’s ‘industrial revolution’ and how to build credentials in the market CEO of GroupM agency Wavemaker, Peter Vogel, chats to Mumbrellas Calum Jaspan about the new age for media agencies, building credentials in a competitive market, and his return to the MFA board. July 29, 2021 9:43 A diverse client list: this is what Wavemaker regional CEO Peter Vogel says is a large part of Wavemaker’s transformation into becoming a “modern media agency”. He chat...

July 1, 2021 10:21 Wavemaker CEO, Peter Vogel has been voted by the Media Federation of Australia (MFA) board as its newest member. Vogel fills Group M’s vacancy on the board after Mark Lollback departed Group M in March this year, rejoining the board after stepping down in 2015, when he moved to Hong Kong as CEO of MEC Asia Pacific. Vogel has 25 years of industry experience, in both media and creative agencies across Australian, South African and Asian markets. Vogel, the newest member of t...

Sebastian Rennie returns to Aus as GroupM chief investment officer May 3, 2021 9:00 Sebastian Rennie is returning to the CIO position in Australia and New Zealand after spending three years in the role for GroupM Canada. Rennie will take up the local post in June. Sebastian Rennie returns to Australia The appointment of Rennie comes just days after MediaCom CEO Willie Pang was made managing director of GroupM services, taking the lead on the group’s global digital transformation strategy. I...

April 29, 2021 4:39 This week Apple deployed iOS14.5 – a relatively standard operation for Apple when it comes to its update schedule for iPhones. But this one had some big ramifications for the media and marketing industry. The new operating system included Apple’s App Tracking Transparency updates that significantly change the relationship between users and the apps they use. The Mumbrellacast team dives into the implications for customers, as well as for advertisers. The game of musical...

Minority shareholders of WPP AUNZ vote in favour of WPP plc takeover April 21, 2021 11:28 The shareholders of WPP AUNZ have voted in favour of the takeover bid from WPP plc this morning, meaning the global company will become the sole owner of the local agency holding group, acquiring the remaining 38.5% of shares in the company it did not previously own. Shareholders who held their share on the total dividend record date of 31 March 2021 will be paid $0.70 per share, as offered in December as...

Lollback calls time on GroupM CEO role Former chief marketing officer says he plans to return to his client-side marketing roots to pursue new professional opportunities Mark Lollback Mark Lollback is calling time on his GroupM CEO role at the end of this week after a five-year stint at the helm of the WPP AUNZ media business. Lollback joined GroupM in April 2016 after working as a local and global marketing leader for brands such as McDonalds, Unilever and ANZ Banking Group. His r...