Currey departs M&C Saatchi for senior Visa marketing role

SYDNEY - Peter Currey (pictured), the M&C Saatchi business director who helped the agency retain the critical Optus business earlier this year, will join Visa later this year as director of marketing for Australia and New Zealand.

Currey succeeds the position’s previous incumbent, Stacey Thorpe.

Currey previously headed the account for BBDO Asia-Pacific. In addition, he worked on Visa during his eight-year tenure with Clemenger BBDO.

Currey joined M&C Saatchi in late 2006, before being pitched into the Optus account review in early 2007, which eventually saw M&C Saatchi consolidate all of the business.