JOHN FOLEY TAKES CEO ROLE FROM SIMONE BARTLEY AT SAATCHI’S AUSTRALIA
January 29 2009, 2:10 pm | | 8 Comments
CBNZ EXCLUSIVE – Kiwi born John Foley, currently CEO of Saatchi Singapore andMalaysia, will relocate to the CEO gig at Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney, effective mid February. He will replace Simone Bartley, who left the agency suddenly yesterday.
Foley has been with Saatchi’s for 14-years, starting his career with Saatchi & Saatchi, Wellington in its heyday.
In 2002 he move to the client side, appointed Asia Pacific regional director for Toyota andLexus (reporting directly to global CEO Kevin Roberts).In 2004 he rejoined the network, taking on the CEO position at Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia, later addingthe Singapore office to his responsibilities when Michael Rebelo was promoted to run Saatchi & Saatchi London as Managing Director.
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Looks like I’m the only blog reader who knows who the fuck John Foley is…
No
This article from the Australian Business New claims John as ‘the driver behind Saatchi Wellington’s success 14 years ago.
Wonder what James, Wicky and Kim would have to say about that?
Here it is folks:
“Her replacement as CEO, Mr Foley, has been with the agency group for 14 years, driving the success of its Wellington office before being handed the Malaysian and Singapore role.”
Kept an amazingly low profile for someone who drove the success of the Wellington office of Saatchi.
Everyone knows that anyone who helped drive the success of Saatchi Wgtn no longer works for Saatchi!
How long before Saatchi Wellington even exists? Still leaving the sign on the building and flying people to Welly is an option or is that what they’re already doing?
There’s a big difference between “John happened to work there during the years when James, Kim and Kim put Saatchi Wellington on the map” AND, “John drove the sucess of the Wellington office.”
One is fact. The other isn’t even stretching the facts. It’s fiction.
Um. He is the now the boss of Saatchi’s Australia. Go John!