MediaCom hires Carl Colman as Melbourne MD

News 10 Jun 2019 - 1 min read

MediaCom hires Carl Colman as Melbourne MD

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MediaCom has hired Carl Colman as Melbourne managing director.

Colman spent more than a decade with ZenithOptimedia and Publicis Mojo in Sydney and Melbourne. He then undertook a two and a half year stint with News as national customer solutions director, before returning to Publicis as chief client officer four years ago.

At MediaCom, Colman will work closely with Nicole Boyd, now managing partner of the Victorian Government account.

"Our Melbourne business is large and thriving. We believe that we have an opportunity to continue accelerating to be first in market," said MediaCom AUNZ CEO Willie Pang.

"Carl is a proven leader and has a wide skillset that is ideal in terms of helping unlock growth for our clients and our people. I’m proud to acknowledge Nicole’s leadership of the Victorian Government account and this partnership will ensure that we lay strong foundations for our next phase of growth."

Colman said he is "looking forward to leading a group of very talented people in the next phase of MediaCom Melbourne’s success story. The team here are phenomenal at what they do."