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Howatson+Company: Leadership Change

Zac Pritchard, formerly executive creative director at Dentsu Creative Australia, is joining independent agency Howatson+Company as executive creative director.

Source: B&T Magazine

Who
Howatson+Company · Australia
What happened
Zac Pritchard, formerly executive creative director at Dentsu Creative Australia, is joining independent agency Howatson+Company as executive creative director.
When
2026-10-26
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. Howatson+Company'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: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 109.3 (Hot), up 7.6 month-on-month — shows Oceania signal flow easing (-6.2pts).

Howatson+Company: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 3 tracked across 98 days.

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