

Quirke is currently reporting to chief growth & product officer James Hier and will report to national head of content & partnerships Shivani Maharaj. Quirke steps across from her previous role as creative strategy director, prior to joining Wavemaker she spent two years as business and strategy lead at Starcom Mediavast Group and was previously luxury and media director at The Wall Street Journal. She will oversee fostering new ideas, collaborative content and partnerships with media owners on behalf of Wavemaker clients. Wavemaker has promoted Elaine Quirke to the newly created role of group director partnerships and creative media. Wavemaker appoint special in newly created role Paterson held his role as director of commercial partnerships and affiliates since 2017 and will be leaving Nine mid-November. Paterson has been part of the fabric of Nine for the past 20 years and has held a number of senior management roles including sport sales director and national sales director, before being promoted to Melbourne managing director in 2011. Ian Paterson has resigned from his position as Nine’s director of commercial partnerships and affiliates. Nine director of commercial partnerships and affiliates resigns In an email to staff obtained by AdNews, Connaghan said it was with "mixed feelings" that he announces his resignation as CEO. Connaghan has led the business for more than a decade, previously at STW - with the role morphing into CEO of WPP AUNZ - following the holding group's merger with STW in 2016. WPP AUNZ has revealed that current CEO and executive director Mike Connaghan will exit the business at the end of 2018, following 12 years with the business and 25 years at the network in total. Check out the biggest moves in adland this week. It's hard to keep up with all the latest moves across media, marketing and advertising, so we've made a list.
