AADL CEO Stephen Porges steps down, replaced by ADMA’s Andrea Martens
The Australian Alliance for Data Leadership, the parent company of industry body ADMA, has seen another change at the top with CEO Stephen Porges replaced by ADMA boss Andrea Martens.
Porges’ departure continues AADL’s turbulent period after long standing ADMA CEO Jodie Sangster stepped down in March 2018 and comes after Porges was ordered by the NSW Supreme Court to pay back $941,703 after being found to have acted in a “misleading and deceptive” manner in a share transaction.
Porges leaves the AADL after ten months as CEO
Steve Brennen, chair of AADL, said in a statement: “Stephen Porges has resigned as CEO of AADL. Andrea Martens will now take on the group leadership role as ADMA CEO, with all AADL associations reporting into Andrea.
“These other organisations will continue to be led by Annette Slunjski, Managing Director of IAPA and Anthony Hollis, Managing Director of DGA.”
The AADL network includes the Association for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA), the Institute for Analytics Professionals Australia (IAPA), Data Governance Australia (DGA) and Digital + Technology Collective.
The former CEO of Aussie Home Loans, Porges joined the AADL in June after Sangster’s departure.
In the AADL leadership shake-up, former AdRoll boss Ben Sharp was then hired in the position of managing director of ADMA, but dramatically left the role after just two weeks, declining to publicly discuss what issue had made him leave the organisation so swiftly.
Andrea Martens was in turn brought into the role vacated by Sharp. At the same time, chief member officer Mandy Eyles departed the company.
I think most people in the industry know what AADL is like internally, and that problems have existed for a long time. What is surprising is that the board seems to escape blame.
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