Young & Rubicam Colombia has announced the hiring of Diego Beltrán as new President. Beltrán has worked for Leo Burnett Argentina with the Procter & Gamble account.
Paul Meyer is the new Director of Digital Media at Televisa for USA, Puerto Rico and International. Meyer is based in Miami and reports to Sergio Carrera, Director General USA & Puerto at Televisa Publishing. More info in “Paul Meyer joins Televisa”
Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) Latin America & U.S. Multicultural, announced the elevation of Steven Wolfe-Pereira and Marla Skiko to executive vice president and Eliana Agostini to vice president.
Burson-Marsteller has appointed Ramiro Prudencio as CEO LatAm and Santiago Hinojosa as Regional Chairman for the region. Also, Claudia Adriasola is the new Chief Operating Officer.
Saatchi & Saatchi starts operations in Colombia with new office in the country. The Colombian branch will be run by Esteban Guerrero Carvajal, ex global manager at Publicar S.A. Juan Pablo Navas Florez will be the creative director.
CNN has created a new post of VP and GM of CNN International Digital, to which it is appointing MSN’s international programming director Peter Bale.
Google has chosen Laura Camacho Mackenzie as its Country Manager for Colombia. She will be in charge of promoting, support and develop the penetration of internet industry in Colombia as well as new business in on line advertising.
Changes at Universal Networks International. Roma Khanna, President for International Operations leaves the company and will be replaced by Kevin MacLellan. Bellinda Menendez is the new President for International Distribution.
AMD has announced Ronaldo Miranda VP & GM for Latin America Region. Miranda will be responsible for all of company’s business and operations in Brazil, Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean.
Unidad Editorial has announced new directors. Oscar Campillo is the new Director at MARCA and Eduardo Inda is the new Director at Veo7. For more info read the article in Spanish “Unidad Editorial designa nuevos directores para Marca y Veo7”
Marcelo Cataldi is the new VP Advertising at FOX Brazil. The Advertising and Sales Department has announced the promotion of Marcelo Cataldi. For more info “Marcelo Cataldi, nuevo VP de ventas publicitarias en FOX Brasil” (In Spanish)
Flavio Salles, Partner and Founder of the Brazilian agency Sun/MRM has left the company. Sun/MRM is a McCann Worldgroup agency. The agency has not announced yet a replacement. More info in Spanish “Brasil: Flavio Salles, socio fundador de Sun/MRM, abandona la agencia”
