Universal McCann boosts Singapore team

Universal McCann Singapore has unveiled a raft of new hires to its client account teams, as well as its specialist UM Consulting unit. <br><br> Marisa Hall has been appointed senior communications planner and will work on local and regional accounts including Johnson & Johnson Acuvue and MasterCard. Hall previously worked at MindShare and Carat in Singapore. Emily Teo, meanwhile, joins from MindShare as senior communications planner, working on the agency's recently won NTUC Fairprice account. In addition, Summer Choo has been hired as communications planner. <br><br> At UM Consulting, Ramesh Brahmadathan has been appointed as manager, working on research and analytics for the division's clients. Formerly, Brahmadathan occupied a strategic planning role at Grip.