Australia’s Matt Eastwood named one of four global Influencers of the year by Creativepool; six Aussies, three Kiwis make the Top 100 list

Aussie expat Matt Eastwood, the New York-based global chief creative officer of McCann Health, has been named one of four Influencers of the Year by global creative site Creativepool. Six Aussies and three Kiwis have been included in the Top 100.

The six Aussies on the list are Tara Ford, CCO at DDB Sydney, Cam Blackley, CCO of M&C Saatchi Australia, Mandie van der Merwe, ECD at M&C Saatchi Australia, Jake Barrow, ECD at VMLY&R Melbourne, Toby Harrison, chief strategy officer at Ogilvy Australia and Steve Rogers, director, Revolver/Will O’Rourke.

The three Kiwis on the list are Damon Stapleton, CCO at DDB Group New Zealand, Dan Wright, group executive creative director at Colenso BBDO, and Malcolm Poynton, global CCO at Cheil Worldwide.