Cummins&Partners Melbourne recruits Naked Comms’ Tom Ward for managing director role

Cummins&Partners continues to build its executive team with the appointment of Tom Ward (left) as managing director of the Melbourne office.

This comes close behind the announcement of Julian Schreiber and Tom Martin, who are returning to Australia as joint-ECDs of Cummins&Partners Sydney.

Ward joins from Naked Communications and brings a unique and diverse skillset developed in roles including head of strategy & insight at GPYR and account management at Clemenger, TBWA London and St Lukes.

Says Chris Jeffares (Above, right), national CEO at Cummins&Partners: “In our rapidly-changing industry, Tom’s experience at some of the best agencies in the world is highly valued. He’s strategically-minded, creatively-driven, and will be a great fit with our business.

“Tom’s ​experience across media, strategy, insights and creative – both traditional and new​ – was extremely important to us. We wanted someone that understands where the industry is heading, in terms of both creative and media.”

Says Ward: “I’ve worked with a few members of the leadership team at Cummins&Partners and jumped at the chance to work with them again.

“They are elite talent, with a great ‘joined up’ business model, and have blazed a trail in the last few years.  I’m looking forward to help lead the charge as we move into the next stage.  I can’t wait to get cracking.”