Havas Worldwide Sydney appoints ex-Saatchi & Saatchi executive director Alex Carr in MD role

Anthony Gregorio, CEO Havas Worldwide Australia, has announced today the appointment of Alex Carr as managing Director of Havas Worldwide Sydney after 6 years in his executive director role at Saatchi & Saatchi.

Carr’s career spans a huge variety of categories from FMCG to automotive, telecommunications, travel, alcohol, retail, to name a few. He has worked with heavyweight clients such as P&G, Land Rover, Optus, Sony, Lion Nathan, Vodafone, and Tourism Australia, and has overseen a wealth of award winning work that has driven sustainable growth for his clients, and picked up an array of awards along the way.

(Phil Johnston, Alex Carr, Steve Coll, Anthony Gregorio)

Says Gregorio: “We are delighted to attract someone of the caliber of Alex to join Steve and Phil and help continue the momentum of the agency in Sydney. He’s got first class credentials at top agencies with a wealth of quality brand experience. Plus, he’s a super nice bloke.

“This is an exciting time for the agency as we grow and embrace change. We have produced some great work this year for clients like the Doug Pitt “Fair Go Bro” campaign for Virgin Mobile and “No more bad photos” for Sony. Our recent new business wins include Peugeot and Virgin Mobile, and we won 4 Cannes Lions at this year’s awards, equal 4th in Australia. Now with the name change of the agency, this is the beginning of the next chapter.”

Says Carr: “I can’t wait to join an agency that has real momentum. Havas WW is producing a mix of modern, collaborative creative work that is working its socks off. I am sure that together with Ant, Steve and Phil we can continue to excel in 2013 and have a bloody good time doing it. I’m really looking forward to meeting the wider agency and getting stuck in.”

Carr will take up this position on 1 November.