Howatson + Company snares CHEP Network CSO Lilian Sor for Chief Strategy Officer role

Howatson+Company has announced the appointment of Lilian Sor as the agency’s new Chief Strategy Officer, filling the role previously held by Dom Hickey, who recently departed for a career break.

Sor joins from CHEP Network, where she served as CSO for nearly three years, leading strategy and planning across the network. Before CHEP, she spent four years at Clemenger BBDO Sydney, joining as CSO in mid-2018 after six years in the UK at top agencies including Grey London and AMV BBDO. Earlier in her career, Sor also held roles at Host and Lavender.

Says Chris Howatson, Founder and CEO of Howatson+Company: “I have known Lil for many years and admired her for just as many. She’s a strategist obsessed by effectiveness. Her energy lifts the room and her values steer all to the right thing, not the popular thing. She cares fiercely. All these qualities make her the perfect person to lead strategy.”

Says Sor: “Howie and the team continue to set the industry bar high, with their trademark combination of speed, modernity, intelligence, craft and passion. Their restless energy is contagious, and I can’t wait to help shepherd and champion the formidable strat team at H+Co.’

With Sasha Smith as Chief Media Officer and Nicole Flinton Ferraro as Chief Experience Officer, the appointment of Sor reinforces H+Co’s focus on intersectional creativity and the value of divergent thinking.

Says Howatson: “I’d like to again acknowledge Dom Hickey for her contribution to H+Co. Her contribution to culture, leadership of people and impact to the work is reflective in the agency we are today.”

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