Speed raids UM to find new national head of strategy

July 12, 2023 3:28

Independent media agency Speed has nabbed UM’s Rachel Teh as its new national head of strategy.

Teh joins the agency after nearly 7 years with UM, where she was most recently head of strategy, Melbourne.

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Lauren McNamara

Lauren McNamara is a freelance journalist. She previously spent three years at Mumbrella, most recently as the associate editor. She left her staff role in August 2025.

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1 COMMENTS

Drama Llama 13 Jul 23

“Raids” is a really dramatic / inflammatory term for ONE staff member moving across.

If an entire client services team, or a multiple key personnel who had helped an agency thrive, suddenly appeared at a rival, it might be framed as, if not a raid, a concerted, aggressive business decision.

But one competent and qualified person moving from one lead strategy role to another is hardly a raid.

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