James Hawkins, the chief govt for PHD in Asia Pacific, has resigned from his position, Marketing campaign has realized.
Marketing campaign understands Hawkins’ departure after shut to 6 years on the company took workers unexpectedly when he knowledgeable them this week.
There isn’t any quick alternative for Hawkins, who Marketing campaign understands isn’t serving his six-month gardening depart. Within the interim, Tony Harradine, CEO of Omnicom Media Group APAC, will oversee PHD in APAC and work with Man Marks, the worldwide CEO of PHD.
When reached by Marketing campaign, OMG confirmed Hawkins’ departure.
“We wish to thank James for his contributions in direction of PHD’s success in Asia Pacific,” stated Harradine. “These achievements type a strong basis for the company to construct upon whereas leveraging the company as a platform mannequin to chart its future on this evolving media panorama. We want James all the most effective in his endeavours.”
Hawkins stated: “I really feel privileged to have contributed to the wealthy PHD legacy and achieved a lot with the model in Asia Pacific. We’ve persistently punched method past our weight in new enterprise, world awards and stand-out consumer satisfaction.
“I’m immensely pleased with what now we have achieved collectively throughout my tenure, from profitable new enterprise, strengthening present consumer relationships to seeing development throughout all key areas together with enterprise, creativity, effectiveness and DEI. It has been an unimaginable journey and I depart behind an company that’s going from energy to energy. I want an important asset, the individuals, all the easiest.”
Hawkins joined PHD in October 2018 from Dentsu the place he was chief digital officer and managing director for APAC at Dentsu X. Whereas at Dentsu, he was named in Marketing campaign’s 40 beneath 40 in 2014. Hawkins spent seven years at Dentsu in Singapore after becoming a member of from DGM Asia.
At PHD, Hawkins taken care of 16 markets and was assisted by Imogen Bourke, APAC technique director, Amy Donovan, APAC chief consumer officer; and Sam Piller, APAC and world consumer chief.
In 2023, PHD gained key accounts like Visa in New Zealand and retained main shoppers like HSBC and SAIC Volkswagen. Nevertheless, the company misplaced shoppers resembling Unilever and Google in Australia and New Zealand.