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VML: Strategic Hiring
VML appointed Mark Verhagen as Group Executive Creative Director for Brisbane and Perth offices. Verhagen joins from VML Indonesia where he served as ECD and helped elevate the office into one of Indonesia's most awarded creative agencies.
Source: B&T Magazine
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening media executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 111.1 (Hot), up 5.2 month-on-month — shows Oceania signal flow easing (-5.6pts).
VML: 2 signals in the last 90 days — above the Media median of 1 across 13 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 56 days.
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