Client-side marketer, Nicole Miranda, has been appointed director of client services with full-service agency, Spinach.

Newly rebranded sports and entertainment industry strategy consultancy, Tenka Group, has promoted its marketing chief to managing director and will bring on a new divisional manager of marketing strategy as part of a leadership reshuffle.

​​Dentsu​ has announced a new group structure as of 2020, following disappointing Q3 FY2019 financial results, driven mainly by the APAC region.

Brands pulling advertising from 2GB following Alan Jones’ derogatory comments against New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinta Ardern, is yet another sign of how intertwined brand association with societal and cultural trends has become, industry and marketing leaders say.

​Hot on the heels of its ​recent acquisition of New Zealand’s largest independent agency, MBM​, Publicis Groupe announced customer experience agency Affinity ID has joined the Publicis Groupe’s global network and will relaunch this month under the ‘Digitas’ brand.

Mobile customer experience consultancy, Geronimo, has brought on BT Financial’s former chief marketing officer as its new COO.

WPP AUNZ has confirmed BMW’s global VP of digital strategy will join the team as CEO and managing director from October, a move designed to ramp up its tech and transformation credentials.

KPMG Australia has acquired UX, web and mobile app technology firm, Love Agency, which specialises in building solutions for enterprise and government clients. The acquisition will boost KPMG’s digital strategy, AI, machine learning, IoT, data and analytics services.

​World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is challenging creative marketers to change the course of history with the launch of Project Extraordinary, which will see the winning creative agency featured at a UN Summit, and three agencies featured at Cannes.