People Moves

Cairns Oneil taps Devon MacDonald as new president

The indie agency aims to use its new leader’s digital expertise to help drive further growth.

Former Walmart exec to lead ACA’s measurement initiative

Jennifer Holgate will lead Canadian efforts as part of a bigger, global pursuit of a cross-media measurement solution.

Quebecor names new digital advertising lead

Renaud Langlois will lead programmatic and DOOH teams as the company continues on its roadmap for innovation.

Wavemaker names precision marketing, investment VPs

Tracey Weinrib joins from the agency’s Sydney office, while Chimi Nwagbara makes the jump from Mediacom.

People Moves: Toronto Star adds four to leadership team

Plus, PR firm Zeno is growing its paid media team and Wavemaker makes another North American leadership appointment.

Cossette Media makes a trio of senior appointments

New VPs in business leadership, performance and digital aim to help prepare clients for emerging needs.

Publicis names David Rusli chief strategy and data officer

The agency has combined its data and strategy capabilities as one business function to take a more human view on analytics.

Hivestack names new VP of global marketing

Kira LeBlanc has been elevated to bring the programmatic company’s global strategy to the 17 markets where it operates.

HBC hires new paid media lead

Doron Dinovitzer is going client side after a year at Horizon.

Dentsu hires a trio of new VPs

The new additions will provide leadership across the group’s agencies in three key practice areas.

Pointsbet taps Scott Vanderwel for CEO

Hiring the former Rogers exec paves the way for Pointsbet to start offering single-sports betting service in Canada once Bill C-218 is official.

Google Canada taps Laura Pearce as new head of marketing

Pearce joins Google Canada from Twitter Canada, where she headed the platform’s marketing efforts.

ICYMI: TD adds Toronto Ultra to its roster

Plus, Quantcast hires a chief privacy officer, Lactalis partners with fintech mobile wallet platform WhatRock and the NFL and Twitter expand their partnership.

Torstar and Enthusiast Gaming partner for new channel

AFK provides a platform for Gen Z audiences to engage with news and current events, and brands with an opportunity to authentically connect with them.

MiQ adds to its Canadian leadership team

The programmatic media partner promotes Joe Peters to MD of Canada, and brings on Suzan Barrett in a newly-created VP account management role.