Andrew ‘Rocky’ Stone splits with Droga5 NZ

Andrew ‘Rocky’ Stone, the co-founder and managing partner of Droga5 New Zealand, has departed the agency, leaving co-founder and creative partner Mike O’Sullivan and co-founder and creative strategist Jose Alomajan in charge of the agency.

Stone told CB this morning that he was simply taking a break to spend more time with the family and will be pursuing various projects down the line. Calls to O’Sullivan went unanswered.

Droga5 NZ was formed in April 2010 by Stone (above left) O’Sullivan (above right) and Alomajan (above centre). The agency haven’t had a good run of late, losing founding client ASB Bank to Stone and O’Sullivan’s former agency Saatchi & Saatchi back in April.

The agency appointed Anomaly London CD Nathan Cooper as creative director and creative partner working with Mike O’Sullivan in February this year. That news came hot on the heels of the departure of Droga5 joint creative directors Corey Chalmers and Guy Roberts to Saatchi’s NZ.