Havas has appointed Richard Clarke as chief growth and client officer in Australia. Clarke has relocated from Havas UK, where he was managing director at PR firm Havas Red. Prior to that, he was a senior partner at Ogilvy UK. Clarke will report to Havas Creative Network ANZ group CEO James Wright and work on cross Australia’s Village, new business and incubating new service-based propositions.
Brown-Forman Corporation has appointed Eveline Albarracin as senior vice president, managing director, for the newly created Brown-Forman APAC region, overseeing Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and India, effective August 1, 2024. Albarracin will relocate to Singapore in the coming months. Albarracin joined Brown-Forman as managing director Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (ANZPI) in January 2020. She expanded her regional responsibilities to include India, the Middle East, North Africa, and Türkiye in 2022. Before moving to the spirits and wine business, she worked for Galderma Nestle Skin Health S.A. and iNova Pharmaceuticals.
Cathay Pacific has promoted Gordon Chu to head of digital innovation. Chu will report to Aldric Chau, general manager digital; and indirectly to Lawrence Fong, director digital and IT. Chu was acting head of digital innovation. He joined Cathay Pacific in 2021 as assistant manager, digital product and technology. Prior to Cathay Pacific, he worked for Asia Miles as as assistant digital product and technology manager.
Howatson+Company has announced a new creative leadership structure.
- Gavin Chimes has been appointed as chief creative officer. Chimes was part of the founding team at Howatson+Co and joined in 2021. Prior to Howatson+Co, he worked at Che Proximity, Clemenger BBDO, Marcel and Droga5.
- Richard Shaw has been promoted to deputy chief creative officer. Richard joined Howatson+Co in 2022 as executive creative director from CHEP. With almost 20 years of experience, he has worked across Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, TBWA and DDB.
MBCS, the media-fuelled creative content practice within the IPG Mediabrands network, has been appointed digital & social agency of record (AOR) for 100PLUS Malaysia, following a competitive pitch process. The agency will run full-service digital campaigns and provide alongside always-on social media management for 100PLUS, Malaysia’s leading isotonic drink.
Unilever elevates Anuradha Razdan to chief human resource officer, beauty and wellbeing and global equity, diversity & inclusion officer for Unilever. Razdan was the executive director and CHRO, Hindustan Unilever and Unilever, South Asia. She joined Unilever in 1999 and held various roles over the decades. She also led a key Global HR Transformation project to raise the strategic contribution of the HR function to the business. Razdan who worked at Unilever’s headquarters in London for six years, moves from Mumbai to London again.