Mark joined Mediabrands Australia as CEO in February 2020. He is formerly CEO of PHD Australia and has more than 27 years’ industry experience. Having chosen the media industry as his career, he moved quickly through agency ranks and at aged 30 became one of the youngest media directors in the Australian industry. He was later appointed Managing Director at MEC Melbourne, aged 35. In 2003 Mark joined Omnicom Group, first as Managing Director of OMD Melbourne and later as CEO of OMD Australia where led the business to prominence, earning several industry awards and accolades. He was later CEO of creative agency Clemenger Harvie Edge for three years. In 2012 he returned to media as CEO of PHD Australia which he led to great success, prior to joining Mediabrands.

John is responsible for the financial management and commercial operations of Mediabrands Australia and its operating companies. The Australian operations are staffed by almost 700 people based in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Mediabrands Australia’s operating businesses include Initiative, UM, Reprise, Orion and Magna. John was appointed CFO in 2018 and had prior held several senior finance roles in the group. Before joining Mediabrands in 2012 John worked at Mindshare for 10 years in senior roles including Commercial Director.

Anathea joined UM Australia as CEO in April 2021. With a career spanning Australia, Asia and the USA, she was previously EVP, Managing Director of Carat West Coast and Mid-West USA, as well as West Coast Dentsu Office Lead. Prior to Carat, Anathea was based in Singapore as Head of Fuse APAC, part of Omnicom Media Group. She is also a former Managing Director of Mindshare Melbourne and Managing Director of Clemenger Harvie Edge. Anathea is also a recognised international awards juror, having judged Branded Content and Entertainment categories for Cannes Lions in 2015 and Lynx in 2016.

Melissa is an award-winning CEO with recent accolades including Campaign APAC 2020 Business Leader of The Year. She is a progressive, passionate change agent overseeing Initiative’s transformation with a ‘People First’ strategy. This has resulted in Initiative named 2019 ‘Media Agency of the Year’, ‘Best Agency Talent and Culture’ and ‘Best Agency People and Culture’ for Campaign Brief, Media Federation of Australia, and B&T respectively; No1. Agency for RECMA and R3 and Australian Workplace Equality Index Small Employer of the Year. Melissa is currently a Director of the Media Federation of Australia, a Member of Advertising Week’s Advisory Council, part of the PWC taskforce for the Pride in Diversity Ally Network and leads Initiative’s pro-bono work for Gotcha4Life. She is also a Board Member of Swimming Australia. Melissa holds Leadership and Strategy credentials from Harvard University.

Jackie is responsible for the growth and expansion of barter business Orion. She joined Orion in December 2019, bringing with her extensive experience in client service, strategic investment and market-leading trading. Since her appointment Jackie has expanded the Orion team and implemented strategies that strengthen and build relationships with both client and media partners. Jackie joined the Mediabrands family in 2001, starting with UM as Investment Director on Unilever. In 2004 she was appointed to the roles of National Trading Director for Initiative and APAC Regional Business Director on Revlon. She was appointed Commercial Director for Magna Global in 2012 and later General Manager, becoming instrumental in driving collaboration across the trading fraternity of IPG Mediabrands.

Jessica leads Reprise Australia, Mediabrands’ digitally led full-service performance agency. Before Reprise, Jessica was Global Head of Activation at Initiative New York. She has worked in the media industry for more than 15 years, the majority of which has been entrenched in digital transformation leading the adoption of automation and data-led solution for client and organisational growth. Reprise Australia has more than 150 people and offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. The business works with many of Mediabrands’ clients across the group and also has independent clients.

Lucy Formosa Morgan is Managing Director of Magna Australia, the media intelligence and investment division of the Mediabrands group.  Magna’s ambition is to fuel better connections with consumers on behalf of clients’ media investment through outcome-based trading.  Too often, media is purely price focused – Magna is working with our agency partners, to empower them with the necessary tools and trading frameworks to evolve this way of thinking.
Lucy leads three business units within Magna: Product & Innovation; Centralised Buying; Intelligence Solutions.
Lucy is an industry leader with 25 years international and local experience across both agency and publisher side.
Prior to joining Magna, Lucy was National Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer at PHD and Commercial Operations Director at Nova Entertainment.

Olivia has a proven track record in creating and delivering award winning business outcomes. Under Olivia’s leadership, Initiative Studio became a huge success, and due to this, a new creative arm was established consolidating all the creative services within Mediabrands under one roof, forming Mediabrands Content Studio.

Awarded the Rising Star in B&T Women in Media Awards, named in B&T’s 30 under 30, and named Campaign Asia’s Women Leading Change Young Business Leader of the Year, Olivia lets her accolades do the talking.