Dentsu Aegis Network strengthens global leadership with appointment of new HR Director
Anna Moulton has been appointed as Global HR Director and will join the Dentsu Aegis Executive team reporting directly to Jerry Buhlmann, CEO, the network has today announced in London. She replaces Valerie Scoular who has announced her retirement from the business as Global HR Director from end 2018.
The business has also announced the promotion of Philipp Kurtenbach to HR Director of EMEA, succeeding Moulton’s existing position.
Reporting directly to Jerry Buhlmann, CEO Dentsu Aegis Network, Anna will become a member of the Executive Team and take up her role on 1 October 2017. Anna Moulton will be responsible for the Group HR function and its important remit to support the business through talent, culture, operating model and capability a position that was held by Valerie Scoular for nearly twelve years. Valerie will continue to support the business as a key senior executive on specific executive matters including reward and member of the Dentsu Aegis Network Board and Compensation Committee, until her retirement at the end of 2018.
Reacting to the change, Jerry Buhlmann, CEO Dentsu Aegis Network, said: “As my HR Business Partner for nearly a decade, Valerie has made a huge contribution to the Group which has been demonstrated by the threefold increase in our workforce over the last four years and specifically in relation to the vision, values, culture and talent needs of our company.
“Valerie has also ensured strong succession planning, which has allowed me to today announcethe appointment of Anna Moulton as our new global HR Director, who has a successful track record of delivering HR and organisational change in her existing role as HR Director, EMEA. The HR function has been, and will continue to be, an essential part of our growth strategy and vision and Anna has already demonstrated her ability to lead HR teams to ensure that we have the right culture, capability and talent to achieve our ambition of becoming a 100% digital economy business by 2020.”
Moulton brings over 20 years’ experience in business consulting and senior HR roles at leading global brands, including Accenture, Reckitt Benckiser and Mattel.
Anna Moulton, Group HR Director (effective 1 October 2017), said: “I am delighted to be succeeding Valerie as Global HR Director, and joining the Executive Team at such a transformational time for Dentsu Aegis. The Network is at the forefront of the industry in its shift to people-based marketing with an unwavering commitment to its digital ambition and vision to ‘innovate the way brands are built’. With this in mind, the right talent, values and culture have never been more important for the work we deliver for our clients.”
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