HAVAS Australia has appointed Richard Clarke as its new Chief Growth and Client Officer, bringing him over from HAVAS UK.
Clarke previously served as Managing Director of HAVAS Red London, and before that, was a senior partner at Ogilvy UK. His notable achievements include managing the acclaimed NHS ‘Missing Type’ blood donation campaign, which earned the title of ‘Campaign of the Decade’ from PRWeek, and seeing HAVAS Red named EMEA Regional Midsize Agency of the Year earlier this year.
In his new role, Clarke will focus on cross-Village growth, new business development, and incubating new service-based propositions.
“I am delighted and privileged to have been given the opportunity to move within HAVAS to Australia,” Clarke said. “We have a world-class roster of agencies, talent, clients, and opportunity and I am already blown away by the incredible energy and ambition within the HAVAS Village Australia. I am looking forward to working with outstanding leaders like James and the senior management teams and forge the next chapter of growth for the Group.”
Local CEO James Wright added: “Richard did an unprecedented job growing the HAVAS Red UK business during his time there, as well as building phenomenal relationships with creative, media, digital, and health teams across the HAVAS Village in London. He is an excellent operator, brilliant with clients, and naturally brings agencies and teams together. Having him in this newly created position in Australia will ensure we are even better set up to service cross-agency clients and grow.”
