Former NAB marketer joins Ampersand
Recruitment firm Ampersand has appointed former NAB marketer Dimitra Fourtzis as practice director – marketing & digital.
The announcement:
Ampersand Executive, Search & Advisory, one of Asia Pacific’s leading specialist Executive Recruitment, Search and Consulting firms, has appointed Peter Woodward, Search Partner & APAC Practice Director – Human Resources and Dimitra Fourtzis, APAC Practice Director – Marketing & Digital to help drive growth in the two key portfolios.
Both executives arrive with blue chip corporate experience operating at senior Head of Function levels in human resources and marketing respectively.
Ampersand’s founder and Managing Director, Hayley James said, “These appointments are a direct response to market growth in digital and business enablement functions across the APAC region. With Ampersand’s proven credentials in these segments, we remain committed to continued growth, innovation and delivering customer value at every touch point – these key senior hires enable this and continue to position our brand as trusted advisors to clients looking to build strategic bench strength. The talent market needs a regular shake up and we’re here to disrupt.“Our clients are looking for senior talent across digital, HR, change and transformation who are trailblazers in their respective fields. To be able to meet this demand, it’s critical our senior consulting team understands our clients’ customers and people, and can draw from their own leadership careers to consult with sharp commercial acumen yet a refined people approach across changing and dynamic markets.”
As the Search Partner & APAC Practice Director – HR, Peter Woodward joined Ampersand from global recruitment firm Talent2, and together with his former HR leadership experience from organisations including Coles and K-Mart, he is charged with delivering global search assignments for clients operating across Asia Pacific.
“Ampersand works closely with human resources and in-house recruitment teams whose obvious mission is to attract and foster great talent, but for many, this also means managing multi-disciplinary teams across a number of markets. That is no easy feat so the demand for highly skilled recruitment and executive search counsel has never been more critical. Leading Ampersand’s HR practice across Asia Pacific, I look forward to applying my business and functional acumen, and working closely with our key clients to help deliver on their talent strategies,” said Mr Woodward.
Further strengthening Ampersand’s offering, Dimitra Fourtzis joins Ampersand’s leadership group from the National Australia Bank (NAB), where she enjoyed a highly successful career leading both consumer and business bank marketing functions over her fifteen-year tenure.
“The skills required to be a successful marketing executive in today’s commercial environment are continually evolving, with a profound emphasis on digital, social and large customer data sets. Having led high performing marketing teams at NAB, I know intimately the nuances of this sector and understand the demands and challenges facing top executives in these important functions.
Ms Fourtzis added, “The opportunity to build a career at an award winning firm like Ampersand by providing first hand counsel within a portfolio I have spent much of my corporate life in, is a natural next step for me.”
With offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore, Ampersand’s success is largely attributed to the Company’s continued investment in its people and a relentless determination to generate disruptive, value-based results for their clients.
“What we know and do best is talent and leadership – we do this well for our own team at Ampersand and, of course, for our highly valued clients. In fact, over the past eight years during some of the toughest economic climates, we’ve bucked industry trends by staying true to our proposition, investment in customer experience and delivering value based services. We continue to work in partnership with clients be it supporting internal HR departments or through the provision of full service executive recruitment, search or leadership advisory services – you can only do that with the right people on board,’ Ms James said.
Source: Ampersand press release
