Enero announces Nigel Marsh as new boss for The Leading Edge

Tim Burrowes

October 10, 2013 1:31

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Enero has announced Nigel Marsh in the part time role as chairman of its strategy and research agency The Leading Edge following CEO Andy Bateman’s departure to Telstra which was announced earlier today.

Marsh, who has published a number of books, is a former CEO of Y&R Brands before he departed to take a career break from the industry.

In his book Fit, Fifty & Fired he said of working in agencies: “By the time you’re forty it can get to the stage where every day you come to the office, a little bit of your soul dies.”

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.