• by Larissa Faw , June 8, 2018

Two UK agencies are adding to their executive teams. Tug is hiring Trefor Thomas as global chief creative officer to focus on omni-channel offerings across all of the agency's operations. Thomas, a 20-plus year industry veteran, has held senior positions in companies such as SapientNitro, RMG Connect, Saatchi & Saatchi and most recently as CCO of loyalty agency, LIDA.

The addition of Thomas follow's Eoin O’Neill’s promotion to Chief Technology Officer to focus on how the agency leverages its tech expertise globally across creative and media.

MiQ is appointing Giles Ivey as CEO, UK in a newly created role to oversee the analytics agency's growth in the UK as well as continuing to expand the business across media, analytics and technology. Joint managing directors, Joe Worswick and Evangelos Sideras, will report to Ivey, who will report to MiQ president RIchard Dunmall. 

Ivey was previously a Non-Executive Board Member and then global Chief Revenue Officer at  Avid Media. Earlier he was managing director UK at Collective, where he oversaw the acquisition of the company by Time Inc. UK.