Move and win roundup: Week of September 29, 2025

The latest people moves and account news from Kaajal Shivdasani, WPP Media, Droga5, PHD, Cheil, Visa, WPP Media, Westpac, Carma and more.

by Staff Reporters | 09/29/2025

Campaign compiles a new 'Move and win roundup' as each week progresses.
This edition will cover September 29 through October 3, 2025.
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Kaajal Shivdasani has been appointed CEO of The Nanson, a new private members club located on the site of the former 1880 at Robertson Quay, Singapore. On LinkedIn, she expressed excitement about working with a passionate team to revive a much-missed social space in Singapore. Shivdasani brings over 20 years of experience in FMCG and consumer marketing, most recently serving as marketing director, Asia, for Häagen-Dazs Brand Development at General Mills, where she led marketing teams across emerging markets, including Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America (excluding China and Brazil). She was recognised as a Campaign Asia Powerlister in 2023, reflecting her knack for bringing entrepreneurial instincts to product launches and campaigns in many regions.

Maersk has appointed WPP Media as its new global marketing partner to oversee marketing efforts across 130 countries from a central hub in Copenhagen. The partnership aims to bring more agility, innovation, and efficiency through data-driven insights using WPP’s AI-powered platform, Open, along with its Open Media Studio. The collaboration covers five regions, including APAC, where WPP Media will help optimise campaigns with local market relevance alongside global consistency.

Droga5 ANZ, part of Accenture Song, has won the creative account for Transport for New South Wales’ Road and Maritime Safety portfolio following a competitive pitch. The agency will develop behaviour change campaigns targeting drink driving, speeding, driver fatigue, enforcement, and maritime safety, with creative work already underway on a motorcycle safety campaign.

Matt Michael, Droga5 ANZ CEO, said the partnership will “create effective and impactful work that improves the safety of NSW.” The win adds to a string of recent successes for Droga5 ANZ. In June, Optus appointed Accenture Song Media and Droga5 as its new media and creative agencies. The agency also picked up University of Auckland in August, and Tourism Australia last year, following the absorption of The Monkeys into Droga5.

Omnicom Media Group (OMG) agency PHD has appointed Melissa Chen as general manager of Taiwan, effective immediately to lead operations, strategy, and capabilities. She reports to Kelly Huang, CEO of OMG Taiwan, with a dotted line to Eileen Ooi, CEO of PHD APAC. Chen brings over a decade of brand and marketing leadership experience, most recently as head of marketing for Uber Eats Taiwan. She was named to Campaign Asia’s 40 Under 40 (2023) and Women to Watch APAC (2022) and has represented Taiwan as a judge at global industry awards, including Cannes Lions and the Effies.

Communications agency Weber Shandwick has promoted Shashikanth Someshwar to chief executive officer of Weber Shandwick India, effective October 1, to lead a team of more than 150 people across Mumbai, Gurgaon, and Bengaluru. Someshwar has held leadership roles across corporate and consumer practices before stepping in as interim managing director of India earlier this year.

Cheil Indonesia has won a competitive pitch for HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Indonesia to develop creative materials for a product launch and to enhance the company's online presence. Creative efforts will spotlight Hyundai Construction's latest product, the Excavator Hyundai R130F.

Visa has appointed Elaine Chang as group general manager for Greater China. Chang succeeds Shirley Yu, who is retiring at the end of the year. With more than 30 years of experience, Chang was most recently at Amazon Web Services, where she was corporate vice president for WW generative AI and AIML go-to-market and specialists. Bringing expertise in business development, global infrastructure, and cultivating local cloud talent to her new role, she's also held senior leadership roles across Amazon and Intel.

Wespac has appointed Anna Jackson as head of brand, content and creative. She joins from Telstra, where she spent over two years as head of creative excellence. With over 15 years of experience in copywriting, branding, and creative, she's held roles across various levels at IAG, Houston Group, and DDB Sydney. She announced the move on LinkedIn.

Sutowo Wong has joined Temus, the Singapore-based digital transformation company, as managing director, AI and data, where he will lead scale AI, build data foundations, and develop next-gen data platforms. He previously held data analytics and applied intelligence roles at Accenture and Singapore's Ministry of Health. He announced the move on LinkedIn.

WPP Media has won the Suncorp Media account, following a competitive pitch process. The agency will develop Open Era, a new bespoke model that services the insurance firm, overseeing media buying and planning, strategy, digital, analytics, partnerships, and social media from 1 March 2026. The account covers all brands under Suncorp, including AAMI and Vero. Suncorp had moved its account from OMD.

Carma, the Australia-based used car platform, has appointed Fourteen10 to lead its media strategy, planning, and buying, leveraging the agency's marketing-science approach. Its mandate is to drive brand salience and trust, ensuring a synergy in performance across both Buy from Carma and Sell-to-Carma offerings, reinforcing the brand's quality and confidence among its customers.