The CMO team is delighted to announce nominations for the 2019 edition of the CMO50, Australia’s list of most innovative and effective marketers, are now open!

​Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Australia’s Executive Technology Council has launched an industry mentorship program to support and enable the next generation of digital advertising and technology industry talent.

Marketing leadership tenure is still shortening, and Australian CMOs are continuing to feel boardroom and executive pressure as many struggle to quantitatively prove their impact, according to our latest State of the CMO research findings.

Endota is on the hunt for a chief marketing officer following the decision by its longstanding general manager of marketing to chart a different professional course.

Former Curtin University CMO and CMO50 top 10 honorary, Tyron Hayes, has debuted a new consulting offering aimed at helping marketing teams close the gap on culture, capability and innovation.

Australian renewable energy management firm, Evergen, has brought on its first chief marketing and analytics officer.

​Coopers Brewery has restructured its senior management to drive the company’s future growth, appointing Kate Dowd as its new national marketing manager.

Former Carsales marketer and chief customer officer, Vladka Kazda, has joined the Xero team to head up marketing.

​Australia Post’s foray into appointing its first CMO is off to a shaky start, with ex-Officeworks marketer, Karl Winther, leaving the role after four months.

ING Australia has appointed former Samsung marketer, Danielle Hamilton (nee Palmer), as its new head of marketing.

The former marketing director of Dyson and part of CMO50 2017, Caroline Bonpain, has been appointed the new marketing director of De’Longhi Group A/NZ.

When Kevin Keith first received the call asking him to become Orangetheory Fitness’s first chief brand officer at the start of 2017, he thought they were joking.

Officeworks has brought on 7 Eleven’s brand and digital marketing leader as its new general manager of marketing.

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.

Attraction and retaining talent is the top issues facing businesses today, according to a new report, with 43 per cent of CEOs globally citing lack of talent and skills as a barrier to future innovation.

Ovo CMO, Nicole McInnes, has confirmed she is exiting the startup telco player this week following a restructure which sees the company’s c-level marketing position removed.

​Aussie has brought on a new head of marketing, Sascha Hunt, who joins fresh from her role as group general manager of marketing at Allianz.

​Greg Segal has been appointed ​president of brand and marketing partnerships for Australia and New Zealand at Live Nation.

​Fitness Australia’s former general manager of marketing, Christy Collier, has joined the Deakin Melbourne Boomers as its new general manager.

After 12 years at Lenovo, CMO50 2018# 5, Nick Reynolds, has taken a role as vice president and global CMO for Johnson Controls – Hitachi air conditioning.

Susan Coghill has been appointed the new CMO of Tourism Australia, replacing Lisa Ronson who left the organisation in March.