Deploy Digital hires Philippines country head

MANILA - Deploy Digital, a digital-strategy shop under Asia Digital Holdings, has strengthened its Filipino operations through the hire of Emmanuel Tonogbanua as county head.

Tonogbanua is charged with overseeing the company’s operations in the Philippines, which includes establishing a local footprint in the market and developing client relationships.

He joins from Mediaforce Vizeum, where he was president and COO, and he will report to Deploy Digital’s CEO Thorsten Nolte (pictured), based in Singapore.

The agency has additionally hired Raymond Dizon, from MediaCom, and Hanna Javier as account executives.

The company, which launched in November of last year, works with brands including Pepsi and Nestle and is engaged in a strategic partnership with Proximity.

Its holding company, Asia Digital Holdings, was recently in the news when the heads of its two other subsiadairies, Alex Khan of Aktiv Digital and Fionn Hyndman of dgmAsia, departed.