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Dentsu: Leadership Change
Michelle Testa appointed as WA (Western Australia) managing director after 14+ years with the company, signaling internal promotion and regional leadership continuity.
Source: B&T Magazine
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Dentsu's move reshapes the layer beneath it in the sector as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 101.2 (Neutral) (up 0.6 month-on-month), Oceania is at easing (-3.7pts) on signal share.
Dentsu: 7 signals in the last 90 days; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 7 tracked across 84 days.
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Where this lands in our work
- Board Search & Advisory →
Incoming executives reshape governance needs within two quarters.
- Executive Search — Oceania →
Our Oceania practice runs the searches behind signals like this one.
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