Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Today: Richard Stevens will step back from the role of managing director of BrandWorld Auckland after almost 10 years at the helm. He will be replaced by experienced executive Rachael Weaver, who will assume the role of general manager, effective immediately.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: After a strong first half, Mango has announced four new hires across its PR and experiential teams. Liz Holt joins as a senior account director, leading key accounts including Samsung, American Express, Lion and booking.com.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Independent PR agency Adhesive has announced the appointment of Eleisha Balmer as its new head of PR in New Zealand, replacing Lwindi Ellis who – after three years in the job – has departed to spend more time at home with her family.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZME has snared three executives from MediaWorks, in a move that does no favours to a network already under pressure (scroll down for a link to the Spinoff story Return to state-owned monopoly a reality?).

AUCKLAND, Today: Customer intelligence agency Perceptive has appointed Hoon Kim to the role of research operations coordinator. Previously, Kim was Pacific CI&I operations manager at Nielsen.

AUCKLAND, Today: Dentsu Aegis Network NZ has announced two new senior appointments – both in leadership roles.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: IAB New Zealand has announced the appointment of Bauer Media digital gm Anne Chen to its board – an Auckland-based commercial digital expert with an international reputation.

AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand arm of global integrated creative agency VMLY&R has appointed Bhavika Rambhai as its new head of social media strategy.

AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso BBDO has announced the result of a successful visit to the senior ranks at Air New Zealand – the agency has hired Tracey Reed as lead strategist, personalisation & optimisation.

AUCKLAND, Today: Healthy Life Media, owners of the OOH Health TV network, have announced the return of industry veteran Trish Turney as media manager of the network.