Singapore: Havas Group has appointed David Angell as Chief Commercial Officer for the Asia Pacific region. In this newly created regional role, Angell will drive cross-regional business growth and go-to-market strategy with the objective of enhancing the network’s competitive advantage and positioning in sync with its “Together” strategy of collaboration and integration. Angell will report to Mike Amour, Chairman & CEO of Havas Group, Asia Pacific and work closely with regional and market leadership teams.The appointment is effective immediately.
Angell joins Havas Group From marketing management consultancy – TrinityP3 – where he held the position of General Manager for the last four years, based out of Melbourne. Prior to that, Angell had a prolific 15-year agency career that included stints at Starcom, Zenith, Ikon and Mindshare across Australia and United Kingdom. Angell has extensive experience in agency operations, client leadership, new business, strategic consultancy, and in the selection, development of commercial agreements between agencies, marketers and procurement teams.
Commenting on the appointment, Mike Amour said, “David’s exrience as a trusted advisor to senior clients covers the entire spectrum of the agency business From brand communications strategy, media trading, diversified agency services, and development of commercial contracts. As such his appointment will help us to boost our service capabilities, bring additional rigour and discipline to client relationships, foster greater collaboration between teams in markets and instill best-practice,strategic approaches to business development at the regional and market level.With his impeccable track record of results-driven excellence, I am confident that he will play a transformative role in demonstrating our differentiated agency value-proposition to clients and key stakeholders and steer Havas Group on a path of further expansion and stability. I am delighted to welcome him to the Havas family.”
“The Havas Group model of breaking silos to streamline the communications process is rooted in a future-forward vision of the agency model – one that clients are increasingly gravitating to. Additionally, Havas Group, by being a part of entertainment powerhouse Vivendi, offers a strong point of differentiation as it is the only network that is embedded in the storytelling narrative encompassing music, films, gaming From within the agency. Apart From market leading products, Havas Group has great people and it is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the network. I’m delighted to be able to contribute to the ongoing success as well as shape the ambition of Havas Group across the Asia Pacific region,” said Angell on his appointment.
