People Moves

Kelly Miller joins Cairns Oneil as managing director

GroupM Canada’s former ecommerce lead will join the agency’s leadership team and lead work for Nature’s Path and Plan.

Karine Courtemanche to leave Omnicom Media Group

Touche!’s founding CEO Alain Desormiers is returning to assist the company’s leadership team during the transition.

L’Antidote hires new content and strategy lead

Bernard Laberge joins the agency after 17 years working in radio at Cogeco.

Dentsu Media adds Lina Alles and Paul Reilly to its leadership team

Alles joins Amplifi to continue evolving its trading capabilities, while Reilly will head up Carat’s recently won Telus account.

Andrew Saunders named president and CEO of The Globe and Mail

The media company’s chief revenue officer will succeed Phillip Crawley, who will retire at the end of August.

Laura Lewandowski joins Believeco to lead media

The former managing director of OMD Canada brings 20 years of experience in paid media to the role.

Tele-Quebec names new VP of sales and media creativity

Geneviève Chesnay has been tasked with guiding the public broadcaster through transformation in the ad industry,

Cogeco hires former Bell Media exec in new general manager role

Émilie Carbone has been tasked with leading sales in Montreal and Toronto.

Mindshare hires Nancy Hall as North American CEO

The former Matterkind CEO will lead agency operations across Canada and the U.S.

Shelagh Rogers to retire from CBC Radio

The longtime Next Chapter host also helmed several flagship programs over the course of her 43-year career.

Matt Thornton named Google Canada’s new agency head

The former leader of the company’s marketing platform will also bring programmatic, creative, media and tech resources together under a single organization.

Media Experts appoints three new VPs

Emily Furtado, Lindsay Garfinkle and Adrian Gaudet will take elevated roles with the agency’s clients.

Media Experts names Karel Wegert as its new CEO

The new leader returns to the agency after a year leading operations at Kinesso.

Arima adds a new research and analytics leader

The synthetic data company has also extended it availability through Ipsos.

Vistar makes three hires on Canadian team

Among the new hires are the company’s first data analyst dedicated to the Canadian market.