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May 10 2021, 9:00 am | BY Ricki Green | 4 Comments On the back of 12 months of sustained growth from a string of agency acquisitions and new business wins including Toyota, Maybelline New York and eBay, HERO has appointed industry luminary James Greet to the newly created role of chief operating officer.   HERO was launched by Ben Lilley in 2020 after a rapid succession of agency acquisitions, integrating Lilley’s best-in-class specialist offerings into a single agency business across Australia and New Zealand, including McCANN Australia; B.B.E Technology, Data and Analytics; SMART ...

Ben Lilley one year on: Becoming ‘pitch fit’, avoiding mega-mergers and the vision for Hero A year after Mumbrella's Zoe Wilkinson spoke to Ben Lilley about his return to McCann and acquisition strategy, Lilley reflects on what became of 2020, the launch of Hero, and what lies ahead. February 17, 2021 10:06 “Frankly I was terrified having just come back into the agency, not just as a leader again but in fact now as an investor and the owner.” Ben Lilley’s first year back at McCann has been tumultuous, almost immediately coinciding with COVID-19. In some respects, he wishes he’d co...

Former Clems Sydney duo Josh Aitken and Willy Maitland follow Ben Coulson to McCann January 27, 2021 10:53 McCann is continuing to build out its creative team in Sydney, bringing duo Josh Aitken and Willy Maitland on board as creative directors. The pair have previously worked with McCann Sydney’s chief creative officer Ben Coulson at Clemenger BBDO Sydney. Coulson made the move to McCann in June last year, meanwhile Aitken joins directly from the agency and Maitland comes after a year at AnalogFolk following his departure from Clemenger Sydney. Josh Aitken and Willy Maitland have joined ...