OMD’s Amanda Watts promoted to Sydney MD
OMD Sydney’s general manager, Amanda Watts, has been promoted to managing director, Sydney, effective immediately.
Watts has spent three years in the GM role, and over 15 years with the agency, with a proven track record of driving business growth for clients and partners, and leadership skills within OMD’s national executive team.
A significant achievement is her role in leading OMD’s Exec Next program, which is now entering its third year.
“I am so thrilled to step into the role of manager director for OMD Sydney,” Watts said of her appointment.
Amanda Watts
“Having grown alongside this company for many years, I am excited for the opportunity to lead our team into the future. Our OMDers are our greatest asset and together we will continue to drive innovation and creativity for our business, people and partners.”
Watts will remain in OMD’s national executive team, reporting to Kim Hamilton, group managing director of NSW and ACT.
“Promoting Amanda to managing director was one of the easiest decisions Sian Whitnall and I have made and recognises her significant and ongoing contribution to OMD. She has made such an impact on our people and partners alike with her best-in-class operational prowess,” said co-chief executive of OMD Australia, Laura Nice.
“In addition to her leadership and proven business growth delivery for many of our longstanding client partners including Telstra and Apple, Amanda has also driven our renewed OMD Academy growth and development program nationally for our people. She brings boundless energy to our agency and everything she does which inspires everyone around her.”
Nice continued: “This elevated leadership structure also recognises the size, scale and quality of our Sydney operation and sets us up for continued success whilst working with Australia’s biggest and most innovative organisations and brands such as McDonald’s, Telstra and NSW Government.”
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Lauren McNamara is the associate editor at Mumbrella, covering the creative and PR beat. She joined in November 2022 as editorial assistant, after completing a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at UTS.
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