Nick Garrett to become CEO of Clemenger BBDO Sydney and Melbourne replacing Andy Pontin
Clemenger BBDO Melbourne CEO, Nick Garrett, is assuming the role of CEO of the agency’s Sydney and Melbourne offices. This follows the announcement in September that Andy Pontin would be stepping down as CEO of Clemenger BBDO Sydney in early 2018.
Clemenger BBDO is fortunate to have strong management depth in both Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney, the agency is led by the fantastic team of managing director, Emily Perrett, chief creative officer, Ben Coulson, and chief financial officer, John Rizoski.
Equally, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne has great leaders in Gayle While as deputy CEO, Simon Lamplough as managing director, James McGrath as creative chairman and Paul Rees-Jones as executive planning director.
Says Robert Morgan, executive chairman of the Clemenger Group: “Nick has demonstrated great leadership in his time at both Colenso BBDO Auckland and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne. He gets the needs of the new age of advertising, he’s a hunter, is loved by his clients and is a magnet for talent. He is a passionate believer in the importance of creativity as our key differentiation. He also makes the complex clear in respect of being a successful marketer in the digital age.
“We believe that enhanced inter-agency cooperation and the ability to widen our skills base while minimizing duplication will enable us to continue to lead in the new era.”
Garrett will assume his new role in January 2018.
Andy Pontin will continue to work with Clemenger BBDO Sydney during the handover until at least the end of February 2018.
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Simply one of the very best in the business. Clemenger Sydney just got a whole lot better.
Congrats Nick!! Well deserved.
Hopefully start seeing more of you in Syders soon,
Abs
Well done Nick.
Perhaps my most favorite of all the Admen. Well done Sir.
Well Done Nick great news.
Fantastic news, congrats Nick! One of my favourite people, so delighted to see you succeed. I really miss working with you! Looking forward to seeing you in Sydney soon.
One of the best indeed. Everything he touches turns to gold. Congratulations
Congrats mate.
Congrats Nick, delighted for you. Couldn’t happen to a nicer or more talented person. Looking forward to seeing you up here more..
It’s no secret that Clem’s Melbourne and Clem’s Sydney hate each other, particularly further when Howie stole BUPA… This will be a disaster.
Congratulations Nick. An inspired appointment. I’m still bummed we didn’t get to work together. My loss!
Congrats mate. Crushing it, as per.
Great stuff mate!
Nice one Nick. Top man. Hopefully it’s more than fleeting visits to Sydney now. Well overdue a few jars. See you around the traps.
It won’t be a disaster, it will be an ethnic cleansing.
bye bye Clems Sydney management team
Except if you knew anything, you’d know that most of the Clems Sydney management team are new blood and are quite good at their jobs. To “ethnically cleanse it” (your words) would be firing people because they’re from Sydney, because Melbourne people are sooooo cool and sooooo clever and they obviously know soooo much better about what is actually a completely different market.
Showing your AFL stripes a bit too much there, matey. Pull your head out of your deconstructed cold drip and get to grips with the real world.
I’m from Sydney actually.
It will happen.
yeah, you guys are nailing it at Clems Sydney. Great work, new business and fresh thinking popping up all over the place.
You must be so proud
Ben Coulson ?
Dude, lot of hatred bubbling up from you. Time to put the fact they retrenched you behind, and move on with your life.
The Clems Sydney Leadership Team team aren’t that new.
CFO, MD, Planning Director, CSD, Head of Production have all been there for a number of years.
Well done bud, next stop the whole region, then…………
” What Warren said.
Well done Nick and BBDO.
Nice one, congrats Nick