People Moves

Groupe V Media adds to sales team

Nathalie Boucher and Philippe Aubry join the Quebec-based media company amid a slate of moves.

Twitter Canada onboards new head of agency development

Leanne Gibson, former head of ad products and business operations at AOL Canada, will help the company work more closely with agencies to create effective campaigns.

Patrick Grierson to retire from Canadian Broadcast Sales

The industry veteran will leave his post next May.

Rob Farina upped to head of iHeartRadio at Bell Media

The music and radio business veteran will expand his roles as head of the music streaming app, aiming to increase its subscriber base in Canada.

Xaxis names new global lead

Nicolas Bidon has been named president of GroupM’s programmatic arm.

Bryan Press named NABS director of sales

The former Shaw Media sales lead has joined the charitable group.

Robert Jenkyn is back at Media Experts

After years on the publishing side, he has been named EVP at the IPG Mediabrands-owned agency.

Matt Sallis joins Reprise Media

The former Catalyst Canada VP has joined the company as managing director.

Bryan Segal to helm Videology

Filling the spot left vacant by Ryan Ladisa, Segal will leverage his background in data and audience measurement to the software co’s advantage.

Mobile growth leads to hires at Evolve Media

The digital media company has added two sales VPs to support its GN and Apex verticals.

Index Exchange’s Casale on senior hires and hosting an ad tech hackathon

The tech company and ad exchange has nabbed Melissa Gallo from the IAB, amongst other new additions.

Brad Furtney joins Juice Mobile as sales VP

The former Twitter agency lead is tasked with growing the company’s presence.

MEC hires Videology MD as global CEO

Tim Castree is joining the GroupM agency in the role, replacing Charles Courtier, who will officially leave the agency’s top post later this year.

Lg2’s Jeremy Gayton appointed as NABS chair

The ad industry veteran will begin a three-year term with the organization, with plans to increase its visibility and stay relevant.

Luiz Braz joins AOL to assist programmatic development

The former manager for IPG Mediabrands’ tech unit will serve as the company’s head of platforms and publisher services for the Americas region.