Ogilvy Singapore makes two senior appointments

oscar-prats.jpgOgilvy & Mather Singapore has appointed Oscar Prats as  Managing Director for OgilvyOne (pictured left) and new Head of Planning, Steve Walls.

A 25-year Ogilvy veteran, Prats moves to Singapore from Ogilvy Spain and his most recent role of Vice-President, Ogilvy Group Spain and CEO of Advertising. Prats has worked on many of Ogilvy's global clients including IBM and American Express as well as led local business including Telefonica.

Fiona Gordon, Group Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Singapore said,  "Oscar has a proven track record in building strong teams, creating great work for our clients and in driving innovation. We are delighted to have such a respected Ogilvy leader join us in Singapore as we continue to develop data, digital and e-commerce practices at OgilvyOne."

steve.jpgWalls joins from AMV-BBDO in the USA where he has recently been working on Blackberry. Prior to that, Walls worked at JWT in the USA on Unilever, Ford and Smirnoff as well as BBH in London and Singapore on Unilever, SingTel and Johnnie Walker.

"We're delighted to welcome Steve back to Singapore where he will be a great addition to Ogilvy & Mather. He is an original thinker, focused on fostering planning talent and driving great work for clients. We were very excited to win Singapore's first IPA Gold last year and hope to create more great work for our client's in 2013 with Steve's help," continued Gordon.

3 Comments

writer said:

"We're delighted to welcome Steve back to Singapore where he will be a great addition to Ogilvy & Mather."

Thought you just got rid of Steve Back.

Marc said:

@writer This is literally the dumbest comment I've ever read on this site. And that is impressive.

@ Marc said:

That's a trifle harsh. You can't have read many posts on this site. It was a mildly amusing pun. Hardly the dumbest comment ever.

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