Iris appoints Porter to run Sydney office

SYDNEY - Iris, the UK-based integrated marketing agency, has appointed Simon Porter (pictured) from The Marketing Store as managing director of its year-old Sydney office.

Porter joins from The Marketing Store, where he was head of business development and client services director, after a two-year stint.

He will report to Iris‚s newly appointed regional CEO, Richard Bleasdale, who said: “Simon knows the iris brand and business well and totally gets what we are trying to achieve in the Australian market. He is an accomplished client relationship manager, an undoubtedly talented agency leader and someone we feel will form a powerful partnership with Suzanne Botha our creative director.”

Porter's prior experience includes spells at Carlson Marketing Group and Arc, working on clients such as Diageo and Sony Ericsson, one of Iris’s largest clients.