1. Lerina Bierman

Lerina Bierman has been appointed group MD of dentsu Media Brands.

Bierman has been part of the dentsu group for the past 15 years.

The agency says that Bierman now broadens her position as MD of Carat South Africa into a group role encompassing all dentsu media brands.

According to the agency, Bierman has been a vital part of the consistent growth and performance of Carat since its inception in South Africa. In her role as group MD, she will streamline success factors and scale excellence across the dentsu media businesses while remaining responsible for the overall leadership of Carat.

2. Graham Deneys  

Graham Deneys will now take up the role of chief strategy officer of dentsu media brands.

Deneys was previously group strategy director for Carat SA and SSA and has been with the dentsu business for 11 years. According to the agency, Deneys has been instrumental in:
  • pitches
  • client wins
  • award wins, and
  • launches across the region.

The agency says that as dentsu continues to grow the media line of business a seamless integration across product and strategy outputs is required and Deneys will still be responsible for the full strategic output at Carat, but he will now also be allocating a portion of his time to iProspect and dentsu X.

This is to assist in building out strategic capability and product offering.

3. Megan Sayle

Megan Sayle has been appointed head of strategy for Carat South Africa.

Sayle has been part of the Carat strategy team for five years, having started at Carat nine years ago. According to the agency, Sayle has been instrumental in shaping Carat's strategic vision and has been at the forefront of data integration across all business units.

In her new role, Sayle will now head up Carat's overarching strategic output and spearhead the rollout of CCS (Connected Consumer Survey) the agency's proprietary research panel and planning tool.

4. Shihaam Abrahams

Shihaam Abrahams has been appointed as GM for Carat Johannesburg.

Abrahams has worked with dentsu and dentsu clients over the past 15 years. Having spent time on both agency and client sides, she has a depth of knowledge on client leadership and media alike and has been pivotal in the success and growth of many of the agency' clients.

In her new role as Carat Jhb GM, Abrahams will take broader responsibility for bringing Carat Johannesburg together as one team and driving best practices.

5. Candice Theron

Candice Theron has been appointed media director for Carat Cape Town.

She has been with Carat for nine years, having worked across multiple clients and categories. Having started at Carat as an intern herself, Theron says that she has a passion for people and developing young talent in the business.

In her new role as media director for Carat Cape Town, she will be responsible for internal integration and team development while remaining responsible for managing her client portfolio.

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