James Welch to leave WPP’s Media Innovation Group

Alex Hayes

January 16, 2014 4:00

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James Welch, the Asia Pacific director of WPP’s Media Innovation Group (MIG), is leaving the company.

The departure of the former Innocean Sydney new business manager, which will take place in April, comes following the merger of 24/7 Media and Xaxis.

Xaxis, WPP’s real-time buying unit, and digital marketing brand 24/7 Media, merged in December last year. MIG, which was formerly part of 24/7 Media, subsequently fell under the remit of Xaxis.

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Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017 in roles including editor and head of Mumbrella Bespoke.

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2 COMMENTS

Strap Line 16 Jan 14

Brandscreen and these guys? So much for RTB being the future eh?

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Good Moron 16 Jan 14

Hopefully James comes back to Sydney to organise more dinners.

He’s way too much fun to be in programmatic.

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