People Moves
Rogers Comm. taps German phone exec to lead consumer business
Former Deutsche Telekom sales and distribution head Dirk Woessner will join the company on April 5 as president of the consumer business division.
GroupM appoints director of privacy
The company has named Rachel Glasser to the role, with online behavioural advertising as a key focus.
Carat names new VP
Fiona McLaughlin joins from ZenithOptimedia.
Meet OMD’s new managing director
How John Killam’s telco experience helped him land the new role.
John Cassaday to step down as Corus Entertainment head
The long-time head of the Canadian media group is to retire at the end of March 2015, to be replaced by Doug Murphy.
Former Torontoist owner named publisher of Toronto Life
Ken Hunt (pictured) is taking over the role from David Hamilton.
Alastair Taylor named Pauchuk’s ‘right hand’ at MEC
The former SVP and managing director has been promoted to a new role at the agency.
Former Bell Media VP lands at CBC
Mary Kreuk has been hired as executive director of multiplatform media sales at the pubcaster.
Former Shaw exec Paul Burns moves agency side
The former VP of digital media at Shaw Communications has taken a new role with New York City-based Huge.
Mindshare Canada adds two
The agency has hired Greg Araujo as director of analytics and Kirsten Moore as a managing director, closing 2014 as Office of the Year for the Mindshare network in North America.
Leadership shuffle at Rogers Media
Three new members are joining the company’s senior leadership team while Paul Ski is retiring from Rogers Radio.
GroupM’s data-driven C-Suite hire
The company’s new chief information officer was most recently at UBM in London.
OMAC president Caron to helm COMB
Rosanne Caron will head both organizations in the new year as current COMB president Karen Best steps down.
Juice Mobile hires Rebecca Shropshire
CBC’s director of digital commercial innovation is joining the company as VP of sales for Canada.
Changes on top at Nielsen Canada
News on who is taking over for Steve Churchill at the company’s Buy Group as he announces his retirement after more than 30 years with Nielsen.
