Michael Knox replaces Ant Shannon as Grey Group’s ECD
Grey Melbourne has replaced outgoing executive creative director Ant Shannon, who resigned last month, with Ogilvy Melbourne’s ECD Michael Knox, Mumbrella can reveal.
Knox calls time on nine and a half years at the fellow WPP agency, and is reunited with Grey’s managing partner Luke Waldren, with whom he previously worked at Badjar Ogilvy.
He said: “You’d be a fool not to have a tremendous amount of respect for the work Grey has produced over many years. To be working with Nigel [Dawson, creative director], Pete [Becker, head of art] and in fact the whole crew at Grey is an exciting prospect. And to be back working with Luke, who places huge value on ideas and chasing opportunities is terrific.”
Knox’s career also includes a seven-year stint at Clemenger BBDO and five years at Singleton Ogilvy & Mather.
Congrats Knoxy.
Luke – you’re kidding yourself about digital media planners and strategists. Lots of agencies have them.
Cool anonymous….name them
Not creative agencies! They do focus on the shiny, fun elements of digital and seem to be obsessed with social media (and they just think it’s facebook) and don’t understand the importance of digital media planning & strategy. That is a generalisation…I’m sure there are a FEW creative agencies who grasp it.
Does Grey throw in a carton of ciggies with every website?