Sunita Gloster appointed CEO of AANA

The voice of Australia’s major advertisers, The Australian Association of National Advertisers has appointed Sunita Gloster as its new CEO.

Gloster was previously CEO of creative services at Omnilab Media, a role she left about a year ago. She is also a former MD of strategy agency Bellamy Hayden, and early in her career worked at Australian agencies including The Campaign Palace, Y&R Adelaide and Whybin Lawrence TBWA. She also spent a portion of her career overseas at agencies including WCRS, Lowe and M&C Saatchi.

Her appointment comes nine months after predecessor Scott McClellan stepped down.

“We are delighted Sunita is stepping in to the CEO role as she brings a unique set of skills which will help to grow the AANA into a new era,” said Inese Kingsmill, chair of the AANA and director of marketing and communications at Telstra.