Our news MEC announces two new hires

Tuesday 19 January 2010

Mediaedge:cia's international media specialists, Global Solutions, today announce two new appointments; Raouf Katani, as operations and trafficking manager, and Bridget Hopkins, who takes up the position of activation manager.

Raouf joins Global Solutions from GroupM where he previously managed the implementation of IPT, an interactive (digital) planning tool for global clients. His new role, Raouf will lead the digital operations and trafficking competency for Global Solutions and brings a wealth of experience to the analytics and insight team. Raouf will report into Ryan Murdoch, head of analytics and insight, Global Solutions.

Bridget comes to Global Solutions from MPG International, where her client experience includes BMI, i-shares and CNBC. Prior to that Bridget worked at Mitchell & Partners in Australia on BMW. Bridget will be responsible for activation for Barclays Capital and report to Global Solution's head of activation, Matt Adams.

Ed Ling, Managing Director MEC Global Solutions said: "The appointment of Raouf and Bridget are two key developments for the newly structured Global Solutions team. Raouf will assist in driving our business to the forefront of a digital and data driven agency thinking, and Bridget's bank of activation experience further increases the strength of our activation department."