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WCRS has promoted its managing director Penny Herriman to chief executive as part of a shake-up of its management structure. (±±¾©Èü³µpk10)

Stephens Francis Whitson has hired a senior management team from the recently demerged Presky Maves, including its managing director, Peter Worster, who will bring clients including Barclays and First Direct into the VCCP Partnership. (±±¾©Èü³µpk10)

DDB India has brought in Mitali Srivastava as associate vice president of its planning team. (±±¾©Èü³µpk10)

PHD US, the Omnicom Media Group agency, has named GroupM Worldwide's chief business development officer Andrew McLean as its new US chief executive. (±±¾©Èü³µpk10)

Ogilvy Group's brand activation division OgilvyAction has appointed Matt Gierhart to the new role of head of social. (±±¾©Èü³µpk10)

PHD announced the promotion of Mark Heap, currently managing director, to the position of CEO for China. The appointment became effective immediately. (±±¾©Èü³µpk10)

Ivan Pollard is set to leave Naked Communications at the start of the New Year to lead the US marketing team at Naked client, Coca-Cola. (±±¾©Èü³µpk10)

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Channel 4 has confirmed Dan Brooke will join its executive leadership and direct all marketing, communications and corporate relations at the broadcaster, as first tipped by ±±¾©Èü³µpk10. (±±¾©Èü³µpk10)

Go-Ahead, the UK bus and rail operator, has appointed Transport for London's David Brown as its new chief executive, effective July 2011, when incumbent Keith Ludeman retires. ()

Cadbury has parted company with its interim marketing director Margaret Jobling, who is taking over the marketing reigns at Birds Eye. ()

Patrick Allen, the former director of marketing at the Co-operative, has resurfaced as group marketing director of the company owned by one of the richest entrepreneurs in the country. ()

Manchester City Football Club has promoted Ian Cafferky to the new role of chief brand and commercial officer. ()

Skoda faces a potential marketing crisis after losing its second top UK brand boss in a year. ()

Citroen has looked internally and promoted its head of digital marketing, Jules Tilstone, as its new UK marketing director. ()

 Media

Timothy Balding, director general for global affairs at the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has left the organisation after 25 years. ()

Guardian Media Group (GMG) has appointed GroupM’s Darren Singer as its new chief financial officer replacing new GMG boss Andrew Miller. ()

Jerry Wright, ABC chief executive, has been elected global president of the International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations (IFABC), the global umbrella federation committed to the accurate reporting of media data. ()

Digital outdoor media specialist Digicom has appointed Sam Fosbury as marketing director. ()

Vintage TV, the channel aimed at the over-50s, has appointed Ian Davis as commercial director. ()

Channel 4 has appointed Angus Mitchell, currently head of creative solutions at Ids, to the role of business manager of third-party sponsorship sales with responsibility for the UKTV portfolio. ()