People Moves

Ipsos Canada names new advertising researching president

Gordon Bingham will step into the position, and be responsible for managing the Ipsos ASI teams in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Bell Media reveals sales leadership team

Sales president Luc Sabbatini (pictured) announced that Lesley Conway was named SVP of sales for English Canada, and said an SVP of sales will also be named in Quebec.

Corus overhauls leadership team

As the company looks to more closely align its TV and radio business units, current Corus Television EVP and president Doug Murphy will become EVP and COO, effective Sept. 1.

MDC Partners adds an EVP of analytics

David Norton will work with the network of agencies to help build its analytics and consumer insights resources.

TC Media adds VP of sales and creative services

Antoine Shiu will join the company in the role on July 22.

Peter Vamos named head of video at Toronto Star

The former Playback publisher will spearhead a bid by the newspaper group to combine text and multimedia content to meet the challenge of the internet.

More changes at Bell Media

Mary Kreuk has departed as VP of brand partnerships while Rob Dilworth, head of research, will be leaving next month.

TC Media hires new SVP

Patrick Lauzon is joining the company as senior vice president of interactive marketing solutions.

George Grant to step down at MZMedia

The president and CEO of ZoomerMedia’s radio division will be replaced by Dan Hamilton and John Van Driel.

Mindshare adds a new CEO

Colin Kinsella comes to the company from Digitas, where he also served as North American CEO.

Starcom MediaVest Group hires new VP of digital media

Scott Atkinson has been hired to lead the digital strategy and activation for TD Bank in the newly created role.

Mario Cecchini joins Corus

The former Astral Radio sales and marketing SVP will oversee Corus’ Eastern Ontario radio stations, and the Quebec specialty TV and radio assets to be acquired from Bell-Astral.

Bell Media adds Astral execs to leadership team

Luc Sabbatini has been appointed president of Bell Media Sales, taking over from Rita Fabian as the BCE-Astral transaction closes July 5.

DentsuBos hires VP of media

Sheri Rogers joins the agency from her most recent position at Cossette Media.

Vision7 Media adds chief digital officer

The company has hired UK import Joseph Leon to the full-time role.