• by Joe Mandese , January 9, 2024

Long-time agency media executive Shane Ankeney has stepped down as president of Havas Media, according to a post on his LinkedIn profile.

The disclosure comes as Havas Media Network announced yet another transformation of its organization Monday, naming two top executive -- Greg Walsh and Greg James -- to new positions, but made no mention of Ankeney's departure.

At least one top Havas Media exec tells MediaPost there are other changes afoot, but did not specify at presstime.

Ankeney, who joined Havas Media Network in 2015, says he stepped down as president of Havas Media at the end of 2023 to "start my next chapter," but did not indicate what that might be.

Ankeney, who was inducted as a MediaPost All Star in 2020, previously held top media management roles at IPG Mediabrands' Initiative, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Doner and Carmichael Lynch, began his career as a media research supervisor at J. Walter Thompson in 1990.

Oddly, a Havas Media website still lists Ankeney as president. It also lists several other former Havas execs among its management team:

• Colin Kinsella as CEO (left three years ago).

• Peter Seclarcik as Chief Data Officer (left March 2022).

• Jason Kanefsky as Chief Investment Officer (left March 2023).

• Andrea Millett as COO (left November 2021).

• Lisa Evia as president of Chicago and Canada (left October 2021).

• George Sargent as CEO of Boston (left October 2021).