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Publicis LMA has renewed its governance, promoting Alice Rinder and Coline Descamps-Dechelette to general management as the Publicis-owned agency looks to step up.

M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment is reshaping its leadership as global CEO Robin Clarke moves up to lead the group's Passions & PR specialism, with a new US team taking shape.

Joanne Wilson is leaving WPP to become Diageo's chief financial officer — a boardroom move that says as much about WPP's turbulent year as it does about Diageo's turnaround.

Jung von Matt is relaunching its technology division under new leadership, with Max Lederer vowing to build the tech brand as big as Jung von Matt itself.

Agency Ammunition has hired Myron Nilsson as chief creative officer, part of what its CEO frames as a year of major investment in the shop's creative ambitions.

Independent agency Folklore has hired Colle McVoy's Obele Brown-West as president, part of a leadership build-out as the shop pushes to scale its creative ambitions.

Carat has appointed Bram Meuleman and Sarah Stringer to new global strategy and planning roles, reinforcing the media network's bet that human strategic thinking is the differentiator in an automated market.

M&C Saatchi has appointed Karen Boswell to a global transformation role, tasking a senior digital and consulting leader with turning the group's creativity into performance, products and measurable growth.

The WSL has appointed Bicycle to run its media, a sign that women's football is being planned and bought like the serious commercial property it has become.

McCann Worldgroup Germany has hired Ole Nagatis from TLGG as a new Executive Creative Director, adding him to its three-person creative leadership line-up.

French media group CoSpirit has brought employees and investment fund Re-Sources Capital into its capital, with close to one in two staff subscribing.

Biborg, a French agency specialising in video games, has created 86DB, a new agency dedicated to the cinema and streaming industry.

Grey London CEO Jai Kotecha has taken on an expanded remit to lead social capability across Ogilvy Group UK, as the WPP network moves to concentrate its social offer under senior leadership.

Luxury and lifestyle communications group The Independents has acquired international production studio Smuggler, adding one of advertising's best-known film shops to a collective of 24 businesses.

Dentsu X has appointed Claudia Wolffgardt as managing director of its MWO Health division following an organisational restructure.

Former Serviceplan and C3 executives Karsten Krämer and Verena Letzner have launched a new consultancy, Thyrd, adding to a wave of senior talent going independent.

French natural-products group Léa Nature has appointed Clark Influence to run influencer marketing across its brand portfolio, a sign of how central creators have become to purpose-led brands.

McCann has named a new London managing director and a head of its Bristol agency, refreshing UK leadership across its central offices as the network invests in regional strength.

Bahlsen's Leibniz brand has launched a new 'snack for on-the-go' campaign built by a fresh German-Polish creative team — notably without its long-standing lead agency Jung von Matt.

Newly independent R/GA has hired 15-year Google veteran Sadie Thoma into a brand-new global chief business officer role to commercialise its AI-and-creativity offer.