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Havas People Appoints New COO and Managing Director

06/03/2023
Advertising Agency
London, UK
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Atia Irshad becomes chief operating officer; Danni Brace named managing director

Havas People has promoted Atia Irshad, commercial director, to chief operating officer and Danni Brace, global growth director, to managing director.

These critical leadership appointments come as the agency is looking to continue to expand its global capabilities and has high ambitions for the business this year and into the future. The two roles will be at the heart of driving change and continued high performance for the agency. 

Joining Havas People in 2018 as head of client delivery, Irshad became a managing partner for the agency in 2019 and in 2020, she was appointed commercial director. In her new role as chief operating officer, Irshad will continue to take the lead on commercial matters, with a big emphasis on achieving operational excellence through business processes, systems and tools and will work closely with all central teams to help the business grow.

Brace will mark a decade at Havas People in April, having joined the agency back in 2013 as global client partner. Since then, she has led as head of global client and business development, managing partner and most recently, global growth director. As managing director, she will add to her existing responsibilities around global new business and marketing, leading the global client service teams for Employer Marketing and Education to forge strong collaboration between central teams with a focus on building the reputation of the agency.

Both Irshad and Brace will continue to work from Havas People's head office in Havas' London Village in King’s Cross.

Rupert Grose, Havas People CEO, commented: “These promotions are not only needed but thoroughly deserved. The success of our business since the interruption of the pandemic has been phenomenal. Atia and Danni have been instrumental in so many of the good things happening and I’m confident that this is the beginning of something even greater.”

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