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May 1, 2013

  • Ravi Desphande to exit Contract India.
  • Manners departs GroupM to lead IAB.

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April 30, 2013

  • Sparks & Honey named Sarah Davanzo as chief cultural strategy officer.
  • Spiro Mifsud joined Tribal Worldwide New York as head of technology.
  • Big Fuel tapped Rob FitzGerald as managing director, head of network services.
  • CP+B announced that Heather LeFevre rejoined the agency as group planning director in Miami. She comes to CP+B from StrawberryFrog Amsterdam where she was head of strategy and digital planning and led a global re-launch of Emirates Airline.
  • Perry Essig joined TBWA/Chiat/Day New York as global creative director on the Accenture account.
  • GumGum promoted Phil Schraeder to chief operating officer.
  • Joe McCann was named director of creative technology at Mother NY.

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April 25, 2013

  • Dare has appointed Leigh Thomas, the managing director of Saatchi & Saatchi, to the role of chief executive, replacing Lee Leggett.

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April 24, 2013

  • R/GA London has hired the former managing partner of interactive marketing agency Possible Worldwide, Maggie Lonergan, to look after its global account with Unilever.

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April 23, 2013

  • MEC hired Carl Fremont as its global chief digital officer. Fremont was previously executive vice president, global media director at Digitas.
  • Brokaw hired as Kathy Walters account director. She was formerly account director at JWT Action.
  • Vizeum hired Nadine Young as chief strategy officer.
  • Tim Angelillo has joined R&R Partners as vice president & managing director of the firm’s Los Angeles office.
  • Droga5 promoted Andrew Essex to vice chairman; Sarah Thompson to CEO, New York; Ted Royer to chief creative officer, New York; Kevin Brady and Neil Heymann to executive creative directors, New York; Bryan Yasko to global business director; Susie Nam to general manager and head of account management, New York; Judd Merkel to global chief financial officer; Amir Feder to chief financial officer, New York; and Scott Waldbaum to global general counsel and general counsel, New York.