dentsu X Australia appoints former United managing director Daniel Isaac as CEO

Daniel Isaac has been appointed chief executive officer of dentsu X Australia, starting in October.

Isaac has over 25 years’ business and strategic communications experience and will join Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) from United where he’s been managing director of Omnicom’s integrated offering for Nissan and Renault since 2017.

Sats Henry Tajer, CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network ANZ: “Daniel is an integrated thinker, and widely regarded for his entrepreneurial, creative and collaborative mindset. We are looking forward to him joining the Group and leading the dentsu X team and clients through this exciting time.”

Says Isaac: “I’m delighted to be joining the team at dentsu X at such a pivotal time for the brand and the Group. There’s so much opportunity to do even more great work with current clients, and I’m excited to help reset expectations of what we can deliver to our future client partners as well.”

Sam Hegg, dentsu X Australia’s current national managing director, will transition from his role to join DAN’s newly created offering, Dentsu Solutions. As executive director of strategy, Hegg will help to define the new offering as it supports the way DAN delivers its capabilities for clients.