Some global firms ‘won’t survive in Australia’, says Simon Ryan; locals to thrive in new economy

Calum Jaspan

August 2, 2022 9:40

During a session last month at Mumbrella360, founder and CEO of RyanCap, Simon Ryan reflected on his journey so far, establishing an Australian digital-first advertising and marketing business, after a career working for global multinational groups.

Speaking to global media advisor, and his former boss at Mediacom in Australia, Anne Parsons in a sponsored session, Ryan called his decision to depart Dentsu in 2019 a “very hard, emotional decision”.

“What we, and I decided was that I had exhausted the growth agenda of the business and that I’d like to leave”.

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Calum Jaspan

Calum Jaspan was news editor at Mumbrella, based in Melbourne. He was also the producer and host of the Mumbrellacast. He left Mumbrella in May 2023.