Clemenger BBDO Wellington appoints former Lowe Hunt Sydney, Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney suit Andrew Holt as managing director

AndrewHolt has been appointed managing director of Clemenger BBDO Wellington,effective 1 December 2010 from his current position as a group accountdirector at Colenso BBDO in Auckland where he has been responsible formanaging the Vodafone business across the Clemenger Group and thehighly awarded Yellow account, since January 2009.

Holt replaces Clemenger BBDO Wellington veteran Kevin Stroud whospent 20 years with the agency before resigning in April this year topursue other interests.

Thisappointment recognises Clemenger Group’s commitment to maintaining aworld-class offering in the Wellington market, says Clemenger Group CEOJim Moser.

“I have known and respected Andrew for years – first in Sydney and nowin Auckland,” says Moser. “Since his arrival at Colenso BBDO almost two years ago,he has made a hugely positive impact on the agency and mostimportantly, on our clients’ business. Andrew was always destined foran agency leadership role and we’re thrilled that his next challenge iswithin the Clemenger Group New Zealand.”

Says Clemenger BBDO Wellington executive creative director PhilipAndrew:  “Andrew will be an exciting addition to our business here inthe Capital. He has a strong strategic skill set and he also ‘gets’ thework. He is a passionate advocate for challenging creative workconverting to business success. I can’t wait for him to start and weare all looking forward to the time when he will call Wellingtonhome.” 

“I’m honoured to be joining Clemenger in Wellington. It’s an iconicagency with a great pedigree of fantastic work and it’s full oftalented people. I’m really looking forward to working with them tocreate a new chapter of great work for our clients,” says Holt.

Hailing from the UK, Holt began his career at BMP DDB London in 1997working across major clients including Anheuser Busch, British Gas,Kraft Foods and the Government Central Office of Information.

He moved to Australia in 2003 and worked for Lowe Hunt where he becamea client services director. In 2006 he joined the management team atSaatchi & Saatchi Sydney, leading the Foxtel, Fox Sports and Aussieaccounts alongside new business wins for Macquarie Capital and NSWDepartment of Commerce.

Holt’s replacement at Colenso BBDO Auckland will be announced in the coming weeks.