UM Sydney hires Ikon’s Tom Rankin

Media agency UM Sydney has hired Tom Rankin from Ikon. Rankin joins the Interpublic agency as group director. He is currently communications director at Ikon.

The announcement:

UM has brought new depth to its business management ranks with the hiring of Tom Rankin as a group director at the Sydney agency. He will lead a significant portfolio at UM Sydney, which includes ING Direct and the National Broadband Network.

Rankin is currently communications director at Ikon, where he has been leading the Commonwealth Bank business for the past two years, specifically focusing on CommBank’s business banking, institutional banking and the bank’s credit card portfolio, as well as the CommSec account. Prior to CommBank, Rankin played a key leadership role on Ikon’s Coca-Cola business for four years.