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Havas Media Network: Leadership Change
Havas Media Network appointed James Olney as global head of effectiveness (newly created role), reporting to Joanna Lawrence, global chief strategy officer. Role focuses on measurement, experimentation, marketing mix modeling, and AI-enabled analytics to connect marketing activity to business outcomes.
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- Who
- Havas Media Network · United Kingdom & Ireland
- What happened
- Havas Media Network appointed James Olney as global head of effectiveness (newly created role), reporting to Joanna Lawrence, global chief strategy officer. Role focuses on measurement, experimentation, marketing mix modeling, and AI-enabled analytics to connect marketing activity to business outcomes.
- When
- 2026-09-18
- So what
- A change at the top rarely stays at the top.
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Havas Media Network'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: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 97.6 (Neutral) — down 3.4 versus the prior month — and EMEA signal share is rising (+5.9pts).
Havas Media Network: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 3 tracked across 55 days.
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