People on the move: hires and departures including Starbucks, Think Jam, MainAd and more
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People on the move: hires and departures including Starbucks, Think Jam, MainAd and more
"Hearst Hearst UK chief executive Anna Jones is stepping down from the role in 2017 to co-found AllBright, a funding platform for female-led businesses in the UK. Jones completes her tenure as chief executive of Hearst in February 2017 after five years with the company. She is going on to co-found AllBright with Debbie Wosskow, serial entrepreneur and chief executive at Love Home Swap. Jones will also become executive chairman of ShareStyle, a digital marketplace for style services. "ShareStyle will give creatives a showcase and route to market," Jones said, "AllBright the investment and support for those budding entrepreneurs.""
"Grey Grey has picked the chief executive of its business in Latin America Alain Groenendaal to oversee its markets in Europe following David Patton's appointment as global president for Y&R. Groenendaal will relocate to London as president and chief executive of Grey Europe, ending a four-year stint in one of the agency's emerging markets. During that period, he steered the division to acquire Circus Grey in Peru and Maruri Grey in Ecuador. He joined in 2008 to head up its multicultural offer Wing in the US. Prior to that he worked at several Leo Burnett offices including Chile, Puerto Rico and Brazil."
Anna Jones will step down as Hearst UK chief executive in February 2017 to co-found AllBright, a funding platform for female-led businesses, and will become executive chairman of ShareStyle. Alain Groenendaal will relocate to London to serve as president and chief executive of Grey Europe after leading Grey's Latin America business and overseeing acquisitions in Peru and Ecuador. Think Jam promoted Rory Hallam to creative operations director and added ten hires to expand its creative studio after winning international projects. Several leadership and capability changes are occurring across media, agencies, and creative services.
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