Dentsu Media has appointed a 32-year Dentsu Inc veteran to lead the charge in growing the business outside its native Asia Pacific region.

Takaki Hibino (see right) has been promoted to the role of global brand president, alongside his current roles as chief executive of Dentsu Brand Agency and Dentsu Media Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), which he will continue to do.

The idea behind the creation of the role is to push the Dentsu Media brand outside of the region.

Bangkok – Dentsu media (Thailand), a leading and fastest growing media agency in Thailand earned a gold for winning “Best Engagement for a Targeted Community” at the PR Awards 2016. The award was given for the best-in-class work in launching a successful innovative virtual reality engagement with its partnership Qatar Airways, the world’s best airline in 2015*. Dentsu media was the only media agency in Thailand recognized for the awards.

Dentsu Aegis Network has announced that Akimasa Baba will take on the role of CEO Beijing Dentsu. Baba will use wide ranging expertise and experience from his time at Dentsu Inc. and Dentsu Aegis Network to develop and grow Beijing Dentsu in China effective 1 June 2016.

Dentsu Aegis has merged two of its agencies in Singapore, creating a new agency that it believes represents the “future state” of media where content sits in the middle.

Dentsu Mobius Media (DM2) is a combination of specialist digital agency Dentsu Möbius and global media agency Dentsu media and will be led by CEO James Hawkins, who was previously CEO of Dentsu Möbius in Asia.

Dentsu Aegis Network Philippines has officially appointed Jam de Guzman as General Manager for Dentsu media Philippines effective immediately. This is a newly-created role following the formal establishment of Dentsu media Philippines, which he will be responsible for driving business growth and raising the profile of the agency in the country.

Jam joined Dentsu Aegis Network in 2013 as Director for Media Service and under his leadership, he has successfully landed the agency’s biggest media pitch – the Philippine Department of Tourism, which won media assignments across multiple markets in Asia Pacific and the Americas. Most recently, the agency won several category-leading brands such as Philippine National Bank, Cherry Mobile and Fitness First, and has contributed to the network’s new regional business wins such as Disney Studios and Mondelēz International.