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February 18, 2010

Starcom announces new executive team in Perth


Building on its substantial growth in the Australian market, Starcom MediaVest Group today confirmed the executive team for its new wholly owned office in Perth’s CBD.

The official opening of Starcom’s new office took place last week and follows the sale of its share in the previous joint venture business.

Starcom MediaVest Group’s Chief Operating Officer, Chris Nolan said: “Our expansion in the Perth market with this wholly-owned office fulfills our goal to provide the highest level of service to our clients.

Starcom has appointed Justine Kereama and David Schultink to the new roles of Client Business Manager and Client Business Executive respectively.

Justine will manage the Perth office, bringing with her a wealth of experience in the media industry.

Before moving to Western Australia, Justine was the International Media Manager at Adcorp in New Zealand, where her role focused on strategic planning and media across communication channels, as well as overseeing all the media buying for Adcorp.

She has worked with many leading brands including Coca-Cola, Reebok, Twentieth Century-Fox and Sony.

Justine has also been awarded several accolades for her work including winning the Qantas Media Awards during her time as a Production Manager. At Adcorp the company won the FEMA award in 2008 for Best Media Agency.

David has worked in media planning and buying since 2007.

He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and his work in the media industry has been recognised both locally and internationally when, in 2007, he was part of the group who won the IAA Dentsux InterAd Nations Millennium Development Campaign beating teams from around the world. The group was flown to New York to present in front of delegates from the United Nations. In addition, in 2009, David was named voted the ‘Rising Star of the Future’ at the Campaign Brief Awards.

Most recently, David worked was a Media Planner and Buyer at Initiative Perth.

Starcom’s key clients in Perth include Metcash, Subway, Network Ten.

For further information, please contact:

Kristy Gordon
Access Public Relations
T: 02 9279 4844
M: 0407 780 635
E: kristy@accesspr.com.au

About Starcom MediaVest Group

Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) is a leading global media communications agency with offices in 67 countries and is part of the Publicis Groupe. In Australia, SMG has six offices, billings of more than $700 million and is the most awarded full service agency. SMG offers its clients creative thinking and solutions, where humanity meets marketing science. It has a depth of fully integrated, specialist talent in investment, business management, digital, strategy planning, econometrics, research and search. SMG is a member of negotiating group Australian Media Exchange.