People Moves

Sarah Thompson moves to Theo

Mindshare’s chief strategy officer will put her focus towards WPP’s dedicated Rogers agency.

David Jowett joins leadership team at Epitaph

NFA’s former head of media shifts to the smaller independent agency to help fuel continued growth.

MiQ creates Canadian broadcast sales team

Craig Hamm joins as VP broadcast sales to accelerate the company’s new advanced TV offering.

People Moves: Vassiliev returns to Bell

Plus, Pinterest hires a head of business marketing, Index Exchange hires its first VP of OTT and TPX adds to its sales force.

Lindsey Talbot appointed GroupM’s chief investment officer

Talbot takes over from Sebastian Rennie who moves to lead investment at GroupM Australia.

People Moves: Havas appoints North American CSO

Plus, La Presse names first director of media creativity and Havas picks new North American strategy lead.

TPX taps Havas MD to take the helm

Lina Kim has been appointed president, and retiring CEO Jean-Marie Heimrath will remain on The Podcast Exchange board.

Videotron’s president and CEO steps down

Quebecor’s Pierre Karl Péladeau adds leadership for the telco to his remit, taking over from Jean-François Pruneau.

Starcom adds MD and fortifies digital practice

The agency promotes from within to fuel its digital-forward framework and ensure consistency across the portfolio.

People Moves: FUSE Create adds to media team

Plus, newly launched Quebecor Expertise Media makes a number of AD hires.

COMMB supports new products with new hires

The organization bolsters its team as it prepares to release new research and platforms for OOH.

GroupM agencies add to their North American leadership

Amanda Richman joins Mindshare as CEO, while Delphine Fabre-Hernoux and Alex Norman fill new c-suite roles at Wavemaker.

La Presse taps Patrick Salois for VP sales and operations role

Salois’ mandate includes clarifying the use of technology and its ability to drive advertising data.

People Moves: Torstar picks a GM for Marketing 360

Plus, Samsung Ads hires new lead for Toronto and Chicago sales teams and Sports-Media Marketing brings on a new senior client lead.

Ogilvy Media and GroupM join forces in Quebec

The strategic alliance supervised by Julie Kerr is positioned to bolster business add growth in the Quebec market.