MEC adds staff to Sydney office
WPP media agency MEC has bolstered its Sydney team with two new hires. Claire Richmond joins as trading director and Alex Hancocks as search director.
The announcement:
SYDNEY, 24 October 2011: MEC Australia has grown its Sydney team with two key appointments following a raft of recent business wins.
Claire Richmond has joined the agency as Sydney Trading Director, reporting to National Trading Director Sebastian Rennie. Claire has 10 years’ experience in both Sydney and Brisbane. Her most recent post was Group Investment Director on Lion Nathan at Zenith Optimedia, where she was for three years. She has previously worked at Starcom, Universal McCann and OMD.
Also new to the agency is Alex Hancocks as Search Director, working with chief interaction officer Peter Grenfell. Alex brings six years’ Search experience, working on both agency and client-side in the UK, Spain and Australia. His most recent role was Search Director at fellow GroupM company Outrider, working across a range of verticals.
MEC recently won the media buying and planning accounts for Schwarzkopf and insurance company Allianz Australia. Its client list includes Mitsubishi, Colgate Palmolive, Paramount, Campbell Arnott’s, Red Bull and Activision Blizzard among others.
Claire and Alex join MEC’s growing Sydney office, which now numbers 70 full-time staff.
Source: MEC
