Livia Esterhazy to GM gig at Saatchi’s Wellington
Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand CEO Andrew Stone today confirmed Livia Esterhazy as the successor to Cameron Harland to lead the Wellington agency. Harland, who leaves the agency in late June, has a new role heading up Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post Production in Mirimar.
Esterhazy has both client side and agency expertise as well as digital experience, from roles with Kiwibank in New Zealand and Commonwealth Bank in Australia to agency roles with Ogilvy and Y&R Wellington.
Stone says Esterhazy has the perfect combination of skills to take Wellington forwards, building on the strong leadership team already in place which includes Tim Hall , Scott Henderson and Sarah Hodgetts.
“Livia understands both client and agency dynamics, plus she really gets digital. She has also worked with some of our key people such as associative creative director Scott Henderson, plus she loves Wellington. Cameron is leaving the agency in great shape with a number of recent business wins, so it’s a very exciting time for us.”
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Wow. Third agency MD gig in Wellington inside 2 years. Committed.
1 year at Ogilvy. 1 month at Y&R…
Well Done Livia! Well Done Andrew! Great appointment – loved working with you before – hope to again in the future!
Sorry – how long was that at Y&R – a month?
What digital work does Ogilvy Wellington do?
The people at Saatchi Wellington are great and deserve to be treated better than this.
Well Done Livia. Good luck. Hope you stick it longer than Y&R
Don’t count on her staying too long at Saatchi at this rate.
3.57 : Odds are, you will be very soon. Question is, where?
Didn’t Scott leave Ogilvy to get away from her?
Well, you just have to sit back and try not laugh.
Whoah nelly, when changes happen in Welli, they’re decent changes arright!
I hope you’re reading this and the NBR blog Livia. Hope you spend the Saatchi money on something really nice.
‘she really get’s digital’ – that’s Saatchi spin for she has an email account
As a Wellingtonian, I don’t think I like all these Sydney people coming in and trying to run the show. If they’re so great, why do they come to a place like Wellington?