MediaCom Australia appoints Publicis Mojo’s Stephen Meares to commercial director role

MediaCom Australia has announced the key appointment of Stephen Meares as commercial director.

Previously the chief financial officer for Publicis Mojo from 2010 – 2015, Meares joins MediaCom as commercial director where his main objective will be to manage and develop the financial and commercial product for MediaCom Australia. Meares will report directly to Mark Heap (acting CEO MediaCom Australia) and Jeff Hunt, GroupM Australia CFO, and during his tenure will ensure the delivery of best in class financial reporting and commercial growth nationally.

Says Heap: “We are very pleased to welcome Stephen into the MediaCom family and are looking forward to benefiting from his extensive knowledge and experience. We are focussed on attracting and securing the brightest talent, and I’m in no doubt that he will be a popular and valuable new member of our agency leadership team.”

Says Meares: “MediaCom is an iconic agency and I am really looking forward to assisting the team and bringing a fresh perspective to the commercial side of the business.”

MediaCom also strengthens its commercial product with the appointment of Dean Rawnsley as commercial manager. Rawnsley has a number of years experience in the commercial and finance world of advertising, having started his career at GPY&R, and more recently working at Dentsu and Publicis.