Natasha Moldrich is appointed Partner

Angela McCann has been welcomed at Standards Australia as Senior Manager - Marketing & Communications. She was at Teachers Health as Corporate Communications & Consumer Media Manager. Prior to this, Angela worked agency-side at Mango Communications and in-house within the retail sector. 

Australian multicultural communications agency, Ethnolink, has strengthened its team with five new hires in response to increased demand from government and for-purpose clients:

• Stephanie Speight has joined the team as a senior strategic communications expert. She holds nearly 15 years of experience leading integrated campaigns and client portfolios across government, and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and the UK.
• Carolina Silva has been named Account Director, Communications. She brings more than a decade of experience in client service, branding and advertising in Australia and New York, and has worked with M+C Saatchi Group, VML, Principals, alt/shift/ and Trout Creative Thinking.
• Leah Papakrivos has been appointed Account Director, bringing more than 10 years’ experience in comms, including roles with HBK Agency, McCann Synergy, Dyson, Publicis.Poke, BMW Dentsu and Ogilvy.
• Derek van den Hogenhas joined as Creative Lead, following experience at Badjar Ogilvy, Zoo Group, 10 Feet Tall and ICON Agency.
• Emma Spiteri has been welcomed as Marketing and Events Coordinator, bringing experience across large-scale events, community initiatives, marketing and social media.

Ethnolink CEO, Costa Vasili, said the appointments reflected the agency’s continued growth and investment in specialist talent.

“Demand for multicultural communications has never been stronger, and the work itself is becoming increasingly sophisticated.

“Organisations are looking for partners who can bring together strategy, creative, language services, public relations, media and community engagement, and that's exactly where we're continuing to invest.”

Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR) has appointed Fergus Herries as Managing Director and Head of Hong Kong. In this role, he oversees the growth and development of the team and business in the market.

Fergus brings more than a decade of experience in senior consultancy roles in Hong Kong, having begun his career working in finance in London. He has provided strategic communications advice for clients in financial institutions, professional services, technology and real estate. Most recently, Fergus was Senior Vice President at FleishmanHillard in Hong Kong.