Sitback appoints ex-Ogilvy UK’s Marc van den Berg to newly-created new business director role

Sitback has appointed former Konica Minolta head of digital Marc van den Berg to the newly created role of new business director.

Reporting into CEO Chris McHugh, van den Berg¹s core focus will be to drive new business and growth for the agency, leveraging Sitback’s strong user experience and development capabilities. 

Says Paul Armstrong, founding partner, Sitback: “Marc is a very important hire for Sitback, and we are delighted to have him on board. Marc will be key to helping us grow our strategic user experience and technology capabilities, whilst strengthening our business relationships and client base. Marc’s digital and international agency experience are second to none, and we are thrilled to have him on board.”

At Konica Minolta van den Berg was responsible for growing the company’s Australian digital practise, whilst also playing a key role in the businesses broader global transformation strategy.

Prior to that van den Berg was group operations director at M&C Saatchi Sydney running its operations and digital agency MAKE.

For the previous three years van den Berg he was group delivery director at Ogilvy & Mather in London running delivery operations across the UK group.

Born in South Africa, van den Berg moved to Melbourne with his parents as a 10-year-old and was schooled at Melbourne Grammar, before studying audio engineering in New Zealand. After spending 14 years in the UK, van den Berg set up base in Sydney where he has lived since 2013.