With a new and dynamic leadership team, BBDO is recovering from the wounds of the pandemic, gaining stronger creative power but struggling with harsh business realities.
Clemenger Group has appointed Dani Bassil, one of Australia’s most globally successful advertising leaders, to the role of CEO of Clemenger BBDO Australia, bringing its Melbourne and Sydney agencies together to provide clients with the best capability and expertise across its two locations.
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Business Hub: Colenso BBDO boss Angela Watson on landing one of the most coveted jobs in NZ advertising
7 May, 2021 05:42 AM
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Angela Watson has become only the fifth boss of Colenso BBDO in its 51-year history. Photo / Colenso BBDO
Angela Watson has become only the fifth boss of Colenso BBDO in its 51-year history. Photo / Colenso BBDO The year is 1990. Wellington s trendiest lunch spots are teeming with advertising executives, who work long hours and lunch even longer. A young server goes to a table of sartorially elegant men she s served many times before. They re the guys from Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the hottest agencies in town. Even before she reaches the table, she knows that one of the execs will ask for a dish that isn t served at an establishment of this calibre: a plate of hot chips.
Colenso BBDO managing director Scott Coldham departs after 15 years
January 22, 2021 5:03
Scott Coldham has announced his departure from New Zealand agency Colenso BBDO having spent 15 years with the business, most recently as managing director.
He spent the last five years in that position and will now take on the role of chief marketing officer with tech company Whop Around and menswear brand Asuwere.
L-R: Levi Slavin, Scott Coldham & Nick Worthington
In Coldham’s time at the helm of Colenso BBDO, alongside CCO Levi Slavin and creative chairman Nick Worthington, he helped the agency win Cannes Agency of the Decade for the Pacific region while it consistently ranked in the world’s top ten agencies.