Cummins & Partners Melbourne MD Tom Ward shifts into national strategy role

Cummins & Partners has shifted Melbourne managing director Tom Ward into the national chief strategy officer, a role that has been effectively left vacant since the departure of Adam Ferrier.

Chris Jeffares, Katie Firth, Tom Ward

Ferrier – who was global chief strategy director – announced his departure from the agency, alongside joint ECDs Jim Ingram and Ben Couzens, last month.

On his new role, Ward said: “It’s been incredibly rewarding and exciting to lead the flagship Melbourne office and drive growth across our integrated services model – and I’m really excited to go back to my planning roots and focus more closely on continuing to build the best, most integrated strategic offering in Australia.”