Stagwell Brings in Growth Chief to Step Up Push for Big Clients
Stagwell has hired Nicole Souza, former chief marketing officer of Publicis Groupe’s creative division, as chief growth officer for North America. The appointment follows a 25% rise in new business last year, which added marquee brands such as Starbucks, PepsiCo and Target. CEO Mark Penn projects 10% revenue growth in 2026 and expects the strongest net‑new business in the company’s history during Q1. Souza’s hire is the first of several senior additions aimed at scaling the agency’s large‑client push.
Tyton Partners Elevates Five Leaders to Drive Strategic Impact and Operational Scale
Tyton Partners announced the promotion of five senior leaders, elevating Catherine Shaw and Shlomy Kattan to Associate Partner roles, Natasha Janson to Vice President of Market Research, and Christian Lehr and Mats Penberthy to Managing Directors. The moves expand the...
New Central Management for Selfridges, KaDeWe and Co
Central Group, the Thai conglomerate behind Selfridges, de Bijenkorf and KaDeWe, is overhauling its European leadership. The company has created a shared executive team for the region, appointing Pierluigi Cocchini as CEO of Europe. The new structure is designed to...
Host Broadcast Services CEO and COO to Step Down After 2026 FIFA World Cup
Host Broadcast Services (HBS), the production arm behind the 2026 FIFA World Cup, announced that CEO Dan Miodownik and COO Luc‑Antoine Charial will leave their roles on September 30, 2026. Both executives have led HBS since 2018, overseeing coverage of...
Meet the NextGen AI Leaders in News Media
WAN-IFRA, in partnership with the Google News Initiative, has launched the inaugural NextGen AI Leaders programme. After a competitive review of over 100 applicants, 24 media professionals from 14 countries were selected. The cohort will convene on 14 April in Frankfurt...
The Morning Briefing: MM Meets… Roman Regelman: ‘Scale Comes with Responsibility’
FNZ group president Roman Regelman, fresh from New York, outlined a multi‑pronged plan to steady the wealth‑management giant as it grapples with the responsibilities of rapid scale. Broadstone’s Sirius Index showed UK defined‑benefit pension schemes slipping below funding targets as Middle‑East...
Rubicom Agency Appoints Roy Nasrallah as Group CEO
Rubicom Agency, a Beirut‑Dubai based strategy and creative firm, has named Roy Nasrallah as its Group CEO. The move coincides with co‑founders Elie Ghanime and Nizar Gerges shifting to Chairman and Chief Growth Officer roles, respectively. Nasrallah brings more than...
Female Rugby CEOs on Breaking Barriers in Male-Dominated Industries
Senior rugby union CEOs Julia Chapman and Andrea Pinchen joined Investec’s Jane Niles to discuss the persistent barriers women face in UK corporate leadership. They highlighted the scarcity of female CEOs—only eight women in FTSE 100 firms and a decline in...
MM Meets… Roman Regelman: ‘Scale Comes with Responsibility’
Roman Regelman, chief executive of a fast‑growing fintech platform, emphasizes that scaling a financial services business brings heightened responsibility. He argues that rapid user growth must be matched with stronger compliance frameworks, data‑security investments, and a continued focus on client...
Turkish Airlines Replaces Management, Names New CEO and Chairman
Turkish Airlines announced a sweeping management overhaul, naming Ahmet Olmustur as its new chief executive officer and Murat Seker as chairman of the board. Olmustur replaces retiring CEO Bilal Eksi, while Seker succeeds Ahmet Bolat, who stepped down. The changes come as the airline...
Turkey Overhauls Leadership at State Lenders Halkbank, Vakifbank
Turkey reshuffled the top ranks of two state‑owned banks, appointing new leadership at Halkbank and moving its outgoing chief executive to Vakifbank. Halkbank named Chairman Recep Suleyman Ozdil as chief executive officer and board member Meltem Taylan Aydin as chairwoman,...
Guildmore Hires United Living Retrofit Chief
Guildmore has appointed the former head of retrofit at United Infrastructure, Whiterod, to lead its next phase of growth. He arrives with more than 15 years of construction and social‑housing experience, including national‑scale decarbonisation programmes. The new role will oversee a...
Calling for Applicants for the Northern Beef Leadership Initiative
Angus Australia, together with the Northern Territory Cattlemens Association and Teys Australia, has launched the 2026 Northern Beef Leadership Initiative, dubbed “Find Your Northern Edge.” The five‑day, fully‑hosted program runs October 26‑30 in Queensland and will bring 12 young stakeholders aged...
City Law Firm Faces Claims of Bullying and Misconduct at Senior Level
Kennedys, a global insurance‑focused law firm, is under scrutiny after senior partner John Bruce acknowledged bullying and sexual‑harassment allegations during a worldwide partners’ call. Internal sources claim the firm applies a two‑tier disciplinary approach, treating commercially valuable senior staff more...
People Moves: Chubb Names Rampe Global Head of Claims; The Hartford Promotes Burns to Lead Enterprise Sales and Distribution
Chubb has elevated Kevin Rampe to senior vice president and Global Claims Officer, adding worldwide oversight to his existing role as head of North America claims. Rampe, a Chubb veteran since 2005, will report to CEO Evan Greenberg and COO...
People: The Doctors Company Names Hayes Interim SVP of Claims
The Doctors Company announced Brittnie Hayes as interim senior vice president of claims, succeeding Michael Meyer after his 42‑year tenure. Hayes, who joined the firm in 2023, will lead the national claims team and steer the upcoming ProAssurance integration. She...
The Skills that Quietly Keep Work From Falling Apart
HR thought leaders highlight three understated capabilities—low drama, genuine relationship building, and early business acumen combined with networking—that keep teams functioning smoothly. These skills rarely appear in job descriptions or performance metrics, yet they prevent escalation, foster trust, and align...
Kashish Kapoor Appointed Global CHRO, Newgen Software
Kashish Kapoor has been appointed Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Newgen Software, succeeding a nine‑year stint as CHRO at NEC Corporation India. Her career spans over three decades, covering roles at Modi Xerox, Essar Cellphone, Oriflame India, ING Vysya...
AX Beauty Names Noelle Cantarano as First Chief Marketing Officer
AX Beauty has appointed Noelle Cantarano as its first chief marketing officer, marking the company’s inaugural C‑suite marketing role. Cantarano arrives from Future Beauty Labs, where she served as vice president of global marketing. She will direct brand strategy, positioning,...
Partnerships Excite Ingredient Market
Ingredient supplier Wixon named Jason Williams, a veteran with more than 25 years in the sector, as chief commercial officer, tasking him with expanding industrial and protein sales and tightening project‑management and marketing. At the same time, Apura Ingredients partnered with NewTree...
ONDC Appoints Vibhor Jain as MD & CEO
ONDC announced Vibhor Jain as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 7, 2026. Jain, previously the Chief Operating Officer and acting CEO during a leadership transition, now assumes full‑time control of the government‑backed open commerce network. The appointment follows...
Q.ANT Appoints Michael Krueger as Vice President Commercials
Q.ANT, a developer of photonic processors for energy‑efficient high‑performance computing and AI, announced Michael Krueger as its new Vice President of Commercials, effective April 1, 2026. Krueger joins from a two‑decade tenure at Intel, where he led data‑center and AI sales in...
U.S. Companies Are Wasting Millions of Dollars Each Year Paying Middle Managers to Do Low-Value Work, New Research Shows
SafetyCulture’s fifth Feedback from the Field report finds U.S. frontline middle managers lose an average of 33 days per year to low‑value tasks such as endless meetings and duplicate data entry. The wasted time translates to roughly $6,400 per manager,...
Karla Judge On The Value Of Mentoring Women In Media
Karla Judge, head of marketing tourism at Ingenia Communities Group, contributed to IMAA’s Female Leaders of Tomorrow series, emphasizing the power of mentorship for women in media and marketing. She highlights how formal mentorship shaped her own career and how...
Argon & Co Hones Delivery Model with Quadruple Local Promotion
Argon & Co has elevated Oliver North, Warren Proctor, Evert Westerhof and Felix Kong to partner status, signaling a strategic pivot toward data, digital and AI‑enabled transformation. The new partners will spearhead the firm’s MODE optimisation framework, AI‑driven procurement services...
CB Hot Suit Takes: Jarrick Lay, Business Director & Founder, SICKDOGWOLFMAN
Jarrick Lay, founder of the boutique agency SICKDOGWOLFMAN, sat down for Campaign Brief’s Hot Suit Takes series to discuss his unconventional path into advertising and the launch of Slather, a consumer brand that diverges from the firm’s traditional services model. He...
AI Is Making Bad Decisions Easier to Justify
AI is increasingly deployed as a decision‑making co‑pilot, but its confident outputs often cement outcome bias, turning good processes into post‑hoc justifications. The article argues that organizations should stop judging decisions by results and instead evaluate the rigor of the...
How to Show some Class when You Deliver Bad News
Executives anticipate a turbulent decade, with 57% expecting stormy conditions, forcing organizations to deliver more bad news. Yet a gap persists: 80% of leaders rate internal communications as clear, while only half of employees agree. Poorly handled bad news erodes...
Paving the Road for AI Agents: Interview with Factory CEO Matan Grinberg
Factory CEO Matan Grinberg outlines his company’s strategy to commercialize autonomous AI agents that can execute complex tasks across enterprise workflows. He highlights recent product releases that integrate large‑language models with real‑time data APIs, enabling agents to retrieve, analyze, and...
Stefano Gabbana Has Stepped Down
Stefano Gabbana resigned as chairman of Dolce & Gabbana in December, ending his formal leadership role at the luxury house he co‑founded. He retains a 40% equity stake and is weighing options for its disposition. Alfonso Dolce, the brother of co‑founder Domenico,...
Why Joy Is the Smartest Starting Point to Success
The article argues that joy should be used as a decision‑making compass rather than a fleeting feeling. Drawing on Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden‑and‑build theory, it shows how positive emotions expand creative pathways and build personal resources such as purpose and social...
How Global CEOs Are Embedding Safety Into Brand Identity, Culture, and Long-Term Business Responsibility
Global CEOs are redefining safety from a compliance checkbox to a core brand pillar. Patrick Doyle of Premier Safety Resources notes that 2.93 million workers die annually from work‑related causes, underscoring the stakes. Leaders who embed safety into culture see stronger...
Australian Marketing Institute CEO Bronwyn Heys Departs
The Australian Marketing Institute announced that CEO Bronwyn Heys is stepping down to become a chief marketing officer elsewhere, with Kathryn Illy named Acting CEO. Heys’ four‑year tenure saw steady membership growth, a revamped brand, and the launch of a...
Managing In The Age Of AI: Bring Back Walking Around
The article warns that unchecked AI decisions can produce costly errors, illustrated by a loan‑approval mishap that a human quickly corrected. It argues that the legal profession, which depends on nuance, is especially vulnerable to over‑reliance on large language models....
What Founders Can Learn From Anjuna’s Layoffs and Recovery
Anjuna Security, a venture‑backed cybersecurity firm, expanded to about 75 staff in 2021 before market headwinds forced two rounds of layoffs in 2022. CEO Ayal Yogev emphasized a culture built on "care," delivering transparent communication and continued support for departing...
Q&A: How Lebanon’s Aviation Chief Keeps Beirut Airport Open Amid Iran War Chaos
Amid the US‑Israeli war on Iran, Beirut’s Rafic Hariri Airport remains operational despite daily Israeli strikes near the city. Captain Mohammed Aziz, head of Lebanon’s Civil Aviation Authority, says Middle East Airlines (MEA) is the sole carrier still flying, operating...
Turkish Executive Airlines Has a New Chairman and a New CEO
Turkish Airlines announced a leadership overhaul, naming long‑time CFO Murat Şeker as chairman and internal commercial veteran Ahmet Olmuştur as chief executive officer. Şeker brings a track record of fiscal discipline and international financing experience, while Olmuştur adds deep expertise...
Amazon CEO Makes a Case for Aggressive AI Spending Spree
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reaffirmed a $200 billion capital‑expenditure plan through fiscal 2026 to eliminate a compute bottleneck that threatens AWS growth. He framed AI as a once‑in‑a‑lifetime opportunity and pledged aggressive spending on data‑center infrastructure, chips and networking. AWS’s chip...
Third-Generation Leader Guides Volvo Truck, Plant Evolution
Volvo Trucks North America poured $400 million into a comprehensive overhaul of its New River Valley plant in Dublin, Va., ahead of the launch of the latest VNL long‑haul and VNR regional‑haul models. Serial production of the revamped VNR began in...
When the Storm Hits: What Hurricane Katrina Still Teaches Federal Leaders About Continuity of Operations
Federal leaders still draw critical continuity lessons from Hurricane Katrina, where a New Orleans courthouse manager relied on preparation, relationships, and resourcefulness amid collapsed infrastructure. The article distills four decisive factors—redundant communications, supply‑chain resilience, rapid reconstitution at alternate sites, and technology readiness—backed...
CEO Interviews: OpenHands
OpenHands, the largest open‑source platform for AI‑driven development, aims at the entire global software‑engineer community—estimated at 20‑30 million professionals. Founder‑CEO Robert Brennan describes two emerging work streams: local pair‑programming AI assistants that integrate into traditional IDE and CLI workflows, and broader...
Ameriprise Wealth Exec Pat O’Connell to Step Down
Patrick H. O’Connell, who has led Ameriprise Financial’s 2,200‑advisor employee channel and its third‑party bank and credit‑union partnerships for over a decade, will retire on June 1 after a 34‑year tenure. Bill Williams, currently heading the firm’s 8,200‑advisor franchisee business, will...
AppLovin’s CEO Is No Longer Board Chair and Two Top Execs Are Stepping Down
AppLovin’s co‑founder and CEO Adam Foroughi relinquished his role as board chair, handing the position to Wynn Resorts chief executive Craig Billings. Foroughi will remain CEO and keep a board seat, emphasizing a focus on strategic execution. The company also...
Oak View Group Bolsters Programming and Content Leadership
Oak View Group (OVG) has named Becky Colwell president of programming and content and promoted Mark Shulman to executive vice president of programming and content for OVG East. Colwell will steer the global strategy for venue bookings, sports, concerts, festivals...
What Roger Federer Can Teach CEOs About Staying In The Moment
Roger Federer’s legendary tennis career is rooted in his ability to stay fully present on the court, a habit that translates into powerful leadership lessons for CEOs. The article highlights Federer’s disciplined routines, mental rehearsal, and acceptance of setbacks as...
Chubb Names Kevin Rampe Global Head of Claims
Chubb Limited announced that senior vice president Kevin Rampe has been promoted to global head of claims, effective immediately. Rampe will retain his role as head of North America claims while taking responsibility for worldwide claims management, service, and administration....
HBS Leadership to Step Down After Landmark 2026 Global Broadcast Projects
Host Broadcast Services (HBS) announced that CEO Dan Miodownik and COO Luc‑Antoine Charial will step down on 30 September 2026, after overseeing the 2026 FIFA World Cup, US Open and the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship. The duo has driven...
The InFOCUS Podcast: Steve Jones, Skyview Networks
Steve Jones, Chairman and President/CEO of Skyview Networks, has taken full ownership of the company, marking a pivotal milestone for the broadcast‑technology firm. In a sub‑15‑minute InFOCUS Podcast produced by dot.FM, Jones explains the strategic rationale behind the buyout and...
Manager Engagement Is Slipping — and Affecting AI Use, Gallup Finds
Gallup’s 2026 State of the Global Workplace report shows global employee engagement fell to 20% in 2025, with manager engagement dropping from 31% to 22% between 2022 and 2025. The decline is linked to slower AI adoption, as employees who...
Popiah King Sam Goi’s Son to Be CEO of PSC Corp
Sam Goi’s son, 53‑year‑old Goi Kok Ming, has been appointed chief executive officer of PSC Corporation, taking the role on May 5. He moves from a non‑executive director position to executive director, overseeing the fast‑moving consumer goods business. The appointment ends a CEO vacancy that...