Move and win roundup: Week of April 11, 2022

Campaign compiles a new 'Move and win roundup' as each week progresses.  This edition will cover April 11 through 15, 2022.  Catch up on past people moves and business wins.

Teneo, an advisory firm, has hired Gu Qiang as a senior managing director to lead the firm’s Beijing office. Qiang will lead the firm’s Beijing office and government affairs practice in the Chinese market. He joins Teneo from Microsoft, where he was most recently head of government affairs for China.

Hylink Digital, a communications agency based in Beijing, has promoted Ning Li to executive creative director. He moves to the Chinese capital from the agency's Los Angeles office.

Publica, a connected TV ad platform owned by Integral Ad Science, has appointed Sean Galligan as chief revenue officer. He most recently led Twitter's enterprise sales and partnerships for the firm's developer platform business.

Digital out-of-home (DOOH) solutions provider Shopper has appointed Thomas Kim to the position of head of data and insights. Prior to joining Shopper, Kim managed data and insights at Tonic Media Network and audience intelligence at APN Outdoor.   

Forsman & Bodenfors has named Eric Zuncic as global managing director based in New York. Reporting to global CEO Toby Southgate, Zuncic will focus on the intersection of business and creativity and will aim to raise the agency’s profile globally by fostering collaboration across offices and with clients. Zuncic was formerly chief strategy officer at DDB and has gained his specialism in brand strategy, identity, innovation, brand experience, communications, and digital transformation. He has also worked client-side as a marketer at Geico and Unilever.

Tribal Australia appointed Juan Garcia as its first chief technology officer. He will lead the growth of the technical practice at Tribal, creating a new team to work on a range of platforms and solutions. He will also be a key member of Tribal’s experience transformation offering, Total Experience. He joins after four years as national head of technology at Whitegrey.

Weber Shandwick promoted Hin-Yan Wong to executive vice president of strategic planning and head of APAC analytics and intelligence. Based in Singapore, Wong will report to Vanessa Ho Nikolovski, chief client and growth officer for Asia Pacific, and lead the agency’s analytics unit across APAC. Wong will continue to be part of the firm’s geopolitical risk group.

Leo Burnett India was appointed as strategic and creative communication agency for Meta’s business marketing mandate in India. The account will be handled by the agency’s Mumbai office. 

WPP's VMLY&R and Omnicom's PHD have been appointed by Scoot, the low-cost arm of the Singapore Airlines Group. The two-year appointment follows a closed-door pitch. The appointment will see VMLY&R Singapore work on enhancing Scoot’s creative strategies, while PHD will manage global media planning and buying. Integrated brand work will span digital, social, out-of-home and above-the-line communications. 

Archetype Singapore hired Charlene Xiao as senior digital consultant. Xiao, who joins from Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW), will be responsible for account leadership and client counsel on Archetype’s digital-marketing and social-media remits and will work with Singapore head of digital Julian Chow to develop the agency’s skills, commercials and people.

E& (formerly known as Etisalat Group) announced that it has appointed Publicis Groupe as its creative partner. Publicis will provide creative services for all E& businesses, with the firm having announced its transformation from a telecom company into a global technology and investment conglomerate in February.

SGA Capture Life has won the rebranding mandate for Happy Forgings, a player in the auto component business in India.  As part of the design mandate, SGA Capture will create the design and branding communications to highlight the brand’s visibility across platforms.