Attack of the indie: Saatchi & Saatchi senior duo join Bullfrog in new partnership structure
Saatchi & Saatchi’s top creative, Simon Bagnasco, and Melbourne chief strategy officer, Alex Speakman are joining independent agency Bullfrog as partners; with managing director Matilda Hobba completing a new ownership structure at the business, alongside CEO Dalton Henshaw, Mumbrella can reveal.
Speakman leaves Saatchi & Saatchi after 12 years, having assisted in establishing its Melbourne office in 2015 as managing partner, then also taking on the chief strategy officer role in 2020.

L-R: Henshaw, Bagnasco, Hobba, Speakman
If trying to create a new agency model why end up with the same three pillars of account service, strategy and creativity.
Is it really an agencies (or any employers) role to help its people get the most out of life rather than just their work?
Bullfrog seem to be doing well. Good luck to them.
The whole concept of being able to achieve work/life balance is flawed. There is no life without work (income).
There is a reason there is a strong correlation between mental health issues and unemployment. If you’re not fulfilled in your work, you’ll never be fulfilled in your life.
Those who complain about the lack of work/life balance are typically more unsatisfied with their life thank work itself, but don’t want to admit it. Work purely becomes an easy place to project blame.