Matt Melhuish to lead Photon

Tim Burrowes

January 16, 2012 6:53

BMF co-founder Matthew Melhuish has been named as the new CEO of Photon Group.

Melhuish previously ran Photon’s Australian ad agencies division which includes BMF and BWM.

He replaces Jeremy Philips, who announced before Christmas that he would be leaving having completed a restructure to rescue the debt-laden company.

Melhuish discussed his leadership role with Photon in an interview with Mumbrella editor Tim Burrowes early last year:

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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5 COMMENTS

good stuff 17 Jan 12

Congrats Matt. All the best!

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Lara Thom 17 Jan 12

Well done Matt, an excellent appointment. The right man for the job.

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Bart Jawien 17 Jan 12

Firstly, well done Matt

Secondly, if you you’re ever looking for an agency that supports agencies in areas such as recruitment, production overflow, strategy and web-tech-support please give me shout.

Thanks

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Peter 17 Jan 12

Fantastic, if very logical appointment.

Matt has always been an excellent builder of teams and business – at BMF, at AFA and many more recently. With Photon now positioned to move ahead again, Matt is definitely the right person for the job.

Congratulations!

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Chris Wakeford 21 Jan 12

Great appointment and will postion this company to J curve..

I will keep tabs on photon over 2012

Chris wakeford Redangels digital

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