New AWARD Chairman Davis replaces Maddocks – will continue to progress creativity debate
TheCommunications Council, Australia’s advertising peak industry body,today announced the appointment of Craig Davis (left) as the newchairman of AWARD following the resignation of outgoing chairmanRichard Maddocks, who is departing soon from the ECD gig at ClemengerBBDO, Sydney to take a year out of the business to write his firstnovel, based in New Zealand.
Davis, a former Asia regional ECD of Saatchi & Saatchi, now co-chairman and chiefcreative officer of Publicis Mojo Australia/NZ, brings a wealth ofexperience as a leader in the global advertising industry and a passionfor shifting the role of creativity in the industry.
SaysDavis: “Creativity has never been more important or relevant toenterprise. As an industry we are fundamentally here to solve problems.”
“Through harnessing the best creative thinking we can make asignificant contribution to improving business performance andcommunity engagement. Creativity doesn’t belong on the fringe ofsociety anymore – it is integral to progress, to prosperity and tosuccess.”
Says outgoing chairman Richard Maddocks (left): “AWARD nowplays a fundamental role in our industry’s peak body, and to have aninspirational creative leader of Craig’s calibre at the helm isextremely exciting.”
Other appointments to the AWARD committeeand national board include Grant Rutherford, executive creativedirector of DDB Melbourne in a move that expands AWARD’s footprintthroughout Australia.
Davis and Rutherford will be joining AWARDco-chairman Michael Ritchie and Darryn Devlin on the CommunicationsCouncil Board effective 20 May 2010.
The next full AWARD committee elections will take place in February 2011.
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All the best in this new role, Craig, and please continue to support and evolve AWARD School, which is such a great initiative for getting new blood into the industry on the right footing and with good training.