Australian Professional Leagues (APL) has appointed Ant Hearne as chief commercial officer and Michael Tange as director of strategy and digital, following the news it had unbundled the four professional leagues from Football Australia late last year.

The humble local library, once the domain for school kids and older people checking out a few books, has been transformed into a digital destination, where a customer focus has given rise to improved services and a raft of new digital tools. At least that’s the experience with Casey Cardinia Library, one of Victoria’s largest public library networks.

After nearly 18 months as ​chief digital officer for Hotsprings​, Sven Lindell has made the transition back to chief marketing officer (CMO), this time for Winning Group.

​For Sven Lindell, making the transition back from CMO to chief digital officer (CDO) has been a homecoming.

The need to reduce campaign delivery from 22 weeks to a matter of days has kickstarted a direct marketing transformation at IAG that sees the ASX-listed insurance giant not only replacing and centralising its core marketing technology stack, but also rethinking its customer approach.

The team behind digital communications agency, The Explainers, will form a new operating unit within Deloitte’s Customer practice under an agreement announced today.

The pressure is on organisations to optimise the value of social media, cloud-based computing, mobile technology and big data analytics by embracing digital transformation from the top down. Yet according to a new study, one third of companies still have businesses split between digital and traditional practices, and only one in 20 claim a seamless customer experience across channels throughout the purchase cycle

The Bank of England's (BoE) recently appointed CIO, John Finch, doesn't believe the organisation needs a dedicated chief digital officer (CDO) to lead a digital transformation.

In the third of CMO’s new series looking into what three marketing and digital chiefs think about a key topic or trend influencing their business performance, we ask the head of product at Carsguide, Collette van Rooyen, her opinion on the importance of the chief digital officer (CDO) role.

In the first of CMO’s new series looking into what three marketing and digital chiefs think about a key topic or trend influencing their business performance, we ask: Should CMOs own digital strategy and delivery?