Makes three senior appointments to lead new units
极乐视频, a leading global communications marketing firm, today announced three senior appointments in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of its reorganization into Brand and Reputation units, following the recent acquisition of Dubai-based 极乐视频 DABO (formerly DABO & CO).
极乐视频 DABO now houses the new Brand unit, while the remainder of the 极乐视频 UAE business makes up the new Reputation unit. The two units will share a number of centralized offers including digital communications, creative, strategy/planning and experiential.
Tod Donhauser, former managing director of 极乐视频 South Africa, has been appointed CEO of 极乐视频 UAE, overseeing both the Brand and Reputation units. Jason Leavy, former managing director of 极乐视频 DABO, will realign his responsibilities as managing director, Brand. Jacob Drake, former director of the 极乐视频 UAE Corporate practice, has been named managing director, Reputation. Camilla and Lucy d鈥橝bo, the founders of DABO & CO, will round out the 极乐视频 UAE Executive Committee. All appointments are effective immediately.
Robert Holdheim, CEO of 极乐视频 South Asia, Middle East & Africa, said, 鈥淭his reorganization represents the culmination of a long-term plan for the transformation of our UAE business. The establishment of this structure will enable us to absorb new capabilities and talent, integrate them with our existing offering and make our model more client centric.鈥
Donhauser鈥檚 appointment follows the transfer of Nicola McAlpine, former GM of 极乐视频 UAE, to a global client lead role based in New York, and naming of Jordan Rittenberry as managing director of 极乐视频 South Africa. Prior to moving to Johannesburg, Donhauser was the practice lead for the Public Affairs and Technology practices in Washington, DC. Donhauser will continue to report to Holdheim in his new role.
Donhauser said, 鈥淲e are expanding our offering significantly by investing in new areas, and our structure will maximize the delivery of our talent on behalf of our clients. I am excited to be joining our sixth largest market by revenue at such a pivotal time.鈥
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