Paul Hutchison, who has been Wavemaker’s UK CEO for the final 4 years – and been on the company for 12 years – is shifting to Australia to take up a brand new position exterior WPP.

Wavemaker, recent from successful Amazon’s $500m Audible media enterprise globally, has promoted Kelly Parker to UK CEO, up from chief working officer. Katie Lee, who joined Wavemaker in January as chief progress officer in her first media company position, replaces Parker as chief working officer.

Parker (left) herself joined Wavemaker solely a yr or so in the past. She beforehand labored at OMD for almost six years, and earlier than that at Havas and MPG. Lee has hopped between inventive businesses Fortunate Generals, Sunshine, and Gravity Highway over the past seven years, and did a brief stint as MD of Y&R earlier than the company was merged with VML.

Wavemaker EMEA CEO Ruth Stubbs stated: “I’m actually proud to see two good ladies taking the lead in our greatest EMEA market. The mixed skillsets of Kelly and Katie present Wavemaker with one thing that’s positively provocative and differentiating. I look ahead to seeing the Kelly-Katie duo propel Wavemaker UK into a brand new period of progress for the company, our purchasers and other people.”

Parker stated: “I’m completely thrilled to tackle the chance of main Wavemaker into our subsequent chapter. Working intently with our good management workforce and all 400 of our fabulous Wavemakers, I do know we are going to transcend expectations, fuelled by our angle of constructive provocation and bringing new market-leading expertise and working fashions to our present purchasers, and the market.”