Emily Pittman has been appointed by as vice president and general manager for Unilever Ireland. Based in Citywest in Dublin, Pittman will be responsible for growing Unilever’s business in Ireland and will lead the Irish sales and marketing team, reporting to Sebastian Munden, Unilever’s European vice president and the group’s UK and Ireland general manager. […]
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McCabe joins Cogs & Marvel to steer strategy
Events agency Cogs & Marvel has appointed Aisling McCabe as strategy director to the team at its Dublin-based office for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). McCabe has experience working with international clients and brands and the plan is for her to lend her strategic nous to strengthen the business and expand the agency’s […]
D’Arcy joins Brightwater as commercial director
Former Leinster and Ireland rugby player Gordon D’Arcy has joined the Brightwater recruitment group as commercial director. Based in Dublin’s Merrion Square, Brightwater also has offices in Cork and Belfast. Managing director Barbara McGrath said D’Arcy’s appointment was part of the company’s strategy of doubling in size in the next three years. Last year, the […]
Buckley gets global job at Irish Distillers
Brendan Buckley has been appointed global marketing director at Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard. Buckley has worked with the French drinks company, most famous for its Jameson whiskey, for over 17 years and was most recently director of strategy, innovation, insights and prestige brands. He headed up the Galway ad agency Impact Media for a short […]
Foe appoints Brennan and Motherway
Experiential agency Foe has appointed Shane Brennan and Cillian Motherway to its senior management team. Brennan becomes the agency’s creative director having been at Mediaworks. Motherway joins as production director after almost four years with LinkedIn. Foe’s clients include Liberty Insurance, Irish Life Health, Lidl, Focus Ireland, UCD, Aware and the HSE. Aaron Chalke, Foe’s […]
Concannon gets development role at NUI Galway
John Concannon, Marketer of the Year 2011 winner for his work in promoting Fáilte Ireland’s staycations, has been appointed to a new role as vice-president development at NUI Galway. Concannon is currently assistant secretary general in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the role of director general of Global Ireland. Global Ireland is […]
Chris Upton replaces Bob Coggins at Havas
Havas Dublin has hired Chris Upton as its new CEO following the departure of Bob Coggins, who left the agency after five years at the helm to pursue other interests. Upton has worked in adland for 18 years and helped set up the Boys + Girls agency. He started his career at Des O’Meara & Partners before […]
Aidan Greene chairs Dublin Film Festival
Core deputy CEO Aidan Greene is to chair the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. Greene will combine his experience of working in adland with his love of film. Other board members are Anne-Marie Curran of PR agency Drury Porter Novelli, Ruth Hunter, Hugh Linehan, Ronan Murphy, Suzanne Noble, Mark O’Halloran and Paula Woods. Greene spent two […]
Killane gets role as EBU’s deputy sport director
Glen Killane has been appointed to the new role of deputy director of sport at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). A prominent figure in Ireland’s sport industry, he was most recently managing director of Eir Sport and Eir Television – until his sudden departure – and was responsible for the company’s IPTV platform and new sports […]
Tolan takes on MD job at Irish Distillers
Pernod Ricard’s Irish Distillers has appointed Claire Tolan as managing director for Ireland to replace Louise Ryan who is taking on the job of managing director of the French drink group’s global Gin Hub in London. In her new role, Tolan will be responsible for the distribution of the Pernod Ricard portfolio of wines and spirits […]
DMG announces three new commercial recruits
DMG Media Ireland, whose titles include the Irish Daily Mail, Irish Mail on Sunday and EVOKE.ie and Extra.ie, has announced three new appointments in its sales department. Conor Quinn joins the team from i-Believe where he was sales director, working on in-app and digital. He was also with Mirror Media Ireland as sales director, Carzone […]
Tesco’s Torpey takes on marketing role at RTE
Nora Torpey has joined RTÉ as head of marketing and consumer communications. She will take up the role on June 7, reporting to Adrian Lynch, director audiences, channels and marketing. Most recently, she spent four years with Tesco Ireland as head of brand and communications, where she had the responsibility for defining the UK multiple’s strategy. […]
Michael Carey nominated to chair housing group
Michael Carey has been nominated by Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy as the new chair of the Housing Agency in place of Dr Conor Skehan. The minister has nominated Carey, who has chaired Bord Bia, as he has experience overseeing state bodies. In 2014, the then Minister for Tourism Paschal Donohoe to chair the Grow Dublin Tourism […]
