Hall leaves the agency after a little more than two years in London. He joined in April 2001 taking over from Tamara Ingram, who was promoted to executive chairman before quitting a few months later for McCann-Erickson. He currently has no job to go to.
Hall joined from Saatchis' Wellington office where he was managing director and was credited, in part along with his fellow Antipodean executive creative director Dave Droga, in building up the agency, which ±±¾©Èü³µpk10 said echoed earlier times when Aussie imports such as Bill Muirhead epitomised Saatchis' "can do" ethos.
When he took up his post, Hall said his job was to get the agency "pitch fit" and take on new clients too.
Just weeks into the job, Hall began with a shake-up, cutting some 50 jobs and axing the role of managing partner to produce a leaner and fitter agency. He cleared away layers of management and laid the ground for his own speedy succession with the appointment of planning director Dundas to the new position of managing director in January 2002.
The appointment of Dundas left Hall more time to work with existing clients and focus on new business, following the loss of accounts such as Lloyds and the Army.
Dundas joined Saatchis from FCB San Francisco in 1998 and is teamed with executive creative director Tony Granger, who joined from Bozell New York to replace Dave Droga earlier this year.
When appointed managing director, Dundas said: "It's a natural progression for me. I'm a planner by trade, and I'll always be looking at the business in a strategic way."
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