Colmar Brunton Appoints McCormick for New CSO Role

Australian MR agency Colmar Brunton has hired Marian McCormick for a newly created role, Chief Strategy Officer.

Founded in 1989, Colmar Brunton is part of marcoms group STW and employs around 120 full time staff at offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Adelaide.

McCormick (pictured) joins in Brisbane with more than 30 years' client-side experience - including stints at Bristol-Myers Squibb, North Broken Hill, Kraft Foods, ANZ Bank, Hallmark Cards and Sensis; as well as ten years in agency-side roles including MD of Millward Brown, and General Manager of DBM Consultants. Most recently, she served as Head of Strategic Marketing and Insights at Suncorp Group.

Maree Taylor, MD, Colmar Brunton (Brisbane and Sydney Services) comments: 'Marian is a well-known and highly respected operator whose breadth and depth of experience rivals most. In addition to her extensive experience, Marian also brings strong business acumen that delivers instant credibility - she gets what we do and also gets what it takes to lead and deliver to our clients.'

Web site: www.colmarbrunton.com.au .