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Havas: Strategic Hiring
Appointed Raoni Lima, a former Publicis production executive, as Head of Creative Technology for POP Australia
Source: B&T Magazine
- What happened
- Appointed Raoni Lima, a former Publicis production executive, as Head of Creative Technology for POP Australia
- Who
- Havas · Australia
- When
- 2026-09-08
- Source
- B&T Magazine
- So what
- A deliberate hiring build-out is a statement of intent about Havas's next phase in the sector.
The leadership read
A deliberate hiring build-out is a statement of intent about Havas's next phase in the sector. It points to deepening executive bench strength over the coming quarters, clustered around the capabilities being bet on. Across Oceania, the seniority and function of the hires map where the company thinks it is headed.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 122.7 (Hot), up 17.8 month-on-month — shows Oceania signal flow easing (-24.9pts).
Havas: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 4 tracked across 98 days.
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Where this lands in our work
- Executive Search →
Hiring at this level is the visible half of a search that started a quarter earlier.
- Executive Search: Oceania →
Our Oceania practice runs the searches behind signals like this one.
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