Patts Sydney poaches Paul Coles from JWT

GPY&R Sydney has appointed Paul Coles from JWT Sydney as group account director.

The announcement:

Paul Coles has joined GPY&R Sydney as a group account director on News Limited, Arnotts, Barilla and NSW Government business.

Coles has worked previously at JWT Sydney and London and Saatchi & Saatchi London across business including Energizer Schick, Nestle, HSBC, Visa and T-Mobile.

“Our business in Sydney continues to grow and people with Paul’s energy and passion are exactly what we need. He could have chosen any number of agencies to work at but I’m glad he has joined us. He is strategically astute and he will make a huge difference to the agency,” said GPY&R managing director, Phil McDonald.

“There is now a real sense of purpose and momentum at GPY&R, as well as great bunch of people who genuinely want to do some great things. It’s all pretty exciting really,” says Coles.