JOHANNESBURG, August 14, 2013 – Ogilvy & Mather is significantly expanding its activation business, currently called OgilvyAction, and has appointed Greg Tebbutt as Group Managing Director to oversee a range of new developments for the division.
Tebbutt is currently a managing partner at Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town (O&M CT) where he handles its biggest client, Volkswagen SA. He is also a former MD of Lowe Bull Cape Town.
Tebbutt is moving to Johannesburg to take up the new position on October 1, 2013 and says that “both the challenge and the opportunity are huge because there is so much going on in this space”.
O&M recently merged with specialist retail marketers G2 to add to its activation capability and the agency is also in the process of a global re-alignment which will lead to a further increase in staffing and business.
Ogilvy & Mather South Africa CEO Abey Mokgwatsane believes the appointment of “someone as outstandingly capable and experienced as Greg to this position signals our serious intent in activation to really generate growth and great offerings for our clients”.
Tebbutt first joined O&M straight out of the AAA School of Advertising in 1991 and has worked on many brands over the past two decades in several agencies. He has been at O&M CT since 2006, successfully steering the longstanding VW account, which is one of the most awarded in the country.
O&M CT MD Gavin Levinsohn recognises the contribution Tebbutt has made; “He’s one of the best Business Managers in our industry, driven amazing work on VW and has played a key part in our business transformation at O&M CT. We will miss him hugely but we will still benefit from him as he drives the increasingly important activation work across the group”.
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Issued for Ogilvy & Mather South Africa by: Ogilvy Public Relations, Johannesburg Ivana Naidoo, Account Manager +27 (0) 79 108 8471 Ivana.Naidoo@ogilvypr.co.za
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