Mitchells digital boss John Murray heads back to UK

Tim Burrowes

December 15, 2010 11:35

Emitch boss John Murray is quitting the Mitchell Communication Group to return home to the UK, the company has announced.

Murray – who previously worked for media agency PHD in the UK – will depart in February.

Murray’s return to the UK also raises questions over the future leadership of Naked Communications’ Melbourne office which is currently run by Murray’s wife, Frances Ralston-Good.

At the time of writing, Naked had not returned Mumbrella’s calls.

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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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6 COMMENTS

anon 15 Dec 10

Genuinely interested – Is Columbus the number 1 search agency?

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Leigh 15 Dec 10

Genuinely responding – No

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Logic 15 Dec 10

Big loss. John was/is fantastic and a great thinker.

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sdf 15 Dec 10

could the marketing wonks of the world by any chance STOP LABELING CRAP _DIGITAL_.

sincerely

-tech

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Surprised 15 Dec 10

I thought he was going to be next in line for the throne, very surprised.

Matt is a nice guy but not at Johns level

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Phil 10 Jan 11

The genuinely responded characters on this post make me laugh! What is number 1 anyway?

I will say that you would be hard pressed to find a more talented and experienced group of search professionals in the whole country. I am sure they will miss John and his foresight to build a team with international experience. Matt I have no doubt will continue to drive success for MCG’s Digital Arm.

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