IPG Mediabrands APAC CFO and Henry Tajer ‘right-hand man’ Reg Davidson to leave company
IPG Mediabrands chief financial officer for Asia Pacific is leaving the company just two months after the high-profile exit of global chief executive Henry Tajer.
Davidson will follow Tajer out of IPG Mediabrands
Reg Davidson, who was credited by multiple sources as being Tajer’s “right-hand man” during his successful leadership of Mediabrands Australia, is to leave the Singapore-based role over “next few months” after holding it for just one year.
Davidson’s unannounced departure follows that of John Sintras, who was was amongst a handful of Australian media agency executives who were hand-picked by Tajer when he was named as global CEO in 2015.
Hearts & Science dream team incoming?
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Good luck to Leigh Terry, a true gentleman and mastermind within the media industry here in Australia.
What is happening to IPG? Crumbling under restructure?
IPG is perhaps doing damage control for all that has been done by the previous team. More to ‘transition’ !
As the game of chess goes on, another chess piece falls. Is it check mate yet ? (No pun on ‘mate’)
So who will IPG cut / “transition” next to de-Australian the US and overseas operations under the new regime?
Most are gone but a few remain.
Doesn’t look like the company that touts diversity and inclusion is practicing what it preaches…
It’s really weird how the Mediabrands Aus team have gone from taking over the world, to suddenly not there anymore. Feels like there is a lot more to this story…
was Davidson walked ?
What a redundant question
Sounds to me like a clean-out. I don’t think there is any co-incidence that when a high level executive exits people around him do.
Maybe it’s called abolishing boys clubs. Just because you hire people you like doesn’t mean they are effective.
Feels similar to Mi9 a couple years back with the bromance of Britt and Barnett
Once your cover is blown, you’ve got to go.
Good luck in whatever you do next Reg!
Australia will be a better placing having you back!!
There’s a book in this
Reg is a good guy. Taught me a lot when I had the opportunity to work with him. Interested to see what happens next and agree, there is a book in this!
Makes you wonder whether the band are going to get back together somewhere else