PHD, an innovator in communications planning and buying across broadcast, print, mobile and social media, has promoted its executives Karen Doumet and Daniel Shepherd as co-managing director. It comes following the resignation of its Mena CEO Luca Allam.
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PHD Named EMEA Media Network of the Year and UK Media Agency of the Year at Campaign Awards 2021
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PHD, part of Omnicom Media Group, has received top honours after being named
EMEA Media Network of the Year and
UK Media Agency of the Year by global business magazine Campaign. The accolades reflect the network s significant new business growth, including winning Diageo s global media planning and buying account; its expanded product and service proposition, which includes collaboration and work-flow platform Omni Studio; and PHD s commitment to talent development.
Commenting on the wins, Philippa Brown, Chief Executive Officer at PHD Worldwide said, I am very proud of our PHD teams across EMEA and what we have achieved during what has been a very challenging year. This recognition is only possible because of the talent at PHD and the collaborative partnerships built with our clients and partners. We share this award with them as they ve
DUBAI: Omnicom Media Group MENA has appointed Luca Allam as the new CEO of one of its media agencies, PHD.
Allam joined PHD more than 10 years ago when he moved from OMD International, London to Dubai as head of digital.
Most recently, Allam was managing director for PHD UAE, and was responsible for business growth and development of strategic product.
In his new regional role, he will continue to be based in the UAE, reporting to Elda Choucair, chief operating officer of OMG MENA, and will oversee the PHD MENA operations across UAE, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
“Luca has a progressive vision for the evolution of the agency and we look forward to seeing how he continues to push PHD to new heights and further its proud history of growth and success,” said Choucair.