PHD Sydney promotes Stephanie Douglas-Neal to GM

In the second round of leadership promotions in as many days, PHD has elevated Stephanie Douglas-Neal to the newly-created role of general manager, Sydney.

Douglas-Neal takes up the role after almost a year as chief client officer and four years as head of HR. She will continue to be responsible for leading the people and development team, while managing six group business directors handling PHD’s client portfolio, which includes the likes of Unilever, Virgin Australia and Volkswagen. However, PHD confirmed the chief client officer role will not be replaced.

Douglas-Neal has performed both roles simultaneously, and joined the agency from Zenith Optimedia in 2016. Since then, she has run multiple accounts and led the people development strategy.