Carsales appoints newly created commercial director roles
Carsales has announced the appointment of Vanya Mariani and Davor Vilusic in commercial directors roles in the media division.
Mariani will take up the new role of commercial director – media (sales and consumer solutions), and Vilusic, commercial director – media (strategy, trading and ad operations).
Both appointments are into newly created roles, and both are effective immediately.
Ajay Bhatia, Carsales Australia managing director said: “This is a really exciting time for our media business and we congratulate Vanya and Davor. They are extremely capable individuals with complimentary passions and skills. As a team they add an enormous amount of value to Carsales media sales channels.”
Mariani joined Carsales in 2009 as national sales director and most recently was general manager – auto OEM & media, Nicholas Bailly recently replacing her. Vilusic joined in 2019 as programmatic and media operations director.
Mariani said: “Carsales is an exceptional audience and data business which still has almost untapped potential. It’s a brand that resonates deeply with all Aussies and I’m very excited to be at the forefront of the next stage of our digital media evolution.”
Vilusic added: “As the industry navigates through some of the biggest changes we’ve seen in a long time, I’m excited to say Carsales is perfectly positioned to deliver unrivalled client outcomes, underpinned by the best audiences and most qualified data in the business.”
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Calum Jaspan was news editor at Mumbrella, based in Melbourne. He was also the producer and host of the Mumbrellacast. He left Mumbrella in May 2023.
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