On a Wednesday afternoon in early January, Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, was sitting in a sprawling suite on the 57th floor of the Aria hotel in Las Vegas. Dressed in a neat navy cardigan and clean white sneakers, he lounged on a sofa set against a dramatic vista of the neon city and ..
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Google has elevated longtime exec Jitendra Kumar to oversee the tech giant’s relationship with critical mid-market agencies, ADWEEK has learned. Kumar was promoted to the role of director of U.S. agency, Google Customer Solutions. He previously held two titles: Director of U.S. agency, west coast; and director of venture capital and private equity partnerships. Kumar, ..
VML is reshaping its North American leadership bench, naming Jason Xenopoulos CEO of its New York office while elevating longtime creative leader Mel Routhier to North America chief creative officer, the agency told ADWEEK. The appointments are effective immediately. The moves mark VML’s first major U.S. executive appointments of 2026 and follow a period of ..
The Trade Desk has appointed longtime executive Tahnil Davis as interim chief financial officer, to replace Alexander Kayyal who left the company on January 24, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kayyal, who joined The Trade Desk as CFO in August 2025, will remain on the company’s board through its 2026 ..
This week has been another revolving door of hires and promotions at brands, from CMO appointments to high-profile exits. We’re rounding up the U.S. and global marketing leadership moves you should know about for the week ending Jan. 23. – Microsoft AI (MAI) has named Andréa Mallard as chief marketing officer (CMO). The exec, who left Pinterest in January ..
For 20 years, executive search and advisory firm Spencer Stuart has published data on chief marketing officer (CMO) tenure. Since 2022, the average number of years that marketing bosses stay in one role has hovered around 4 years. ADWEEK can exclusively reveal that CMO tenure among S&P 500 companies now stands at 4.1 years in ..
Pinterest is continuing its transformation into a full-scale shopping hub with the addition of two key executives. Amazon’s former global brand and marketing vice president, Claudine Cheever, will assume the role of CMO, while DoorDash and Spotify veteran Lee Brown will join as chief business officer, a newly created role. The appointments come at a ..
Microsoft AI (MAI) has named Andréa Mallard as chief marketing officer (CMO). The exec, who left Pinterest in January after seven years, confirmed her new role in a LinkedIn post. “Just under two weeks ago, I began my new role as CMO for Microsoft AI,” she wrote. “AI is already the most consequential technological shift ..
Independent agency VIA has brought on Matt O’Rourke as chief creative officer, adding a senior creative role to its executive team as it looks to expand its work with national consumer brands. O’Rourke, whose first day was January 15, will report to CEO Leeann Leahy and will oversee creative direction across all clients, including Arm ..
John Gentry, a longtime advertising executive and the chief executive officer of supply-side platform OpenX, died Wednesday evening after a long battle with cancer. He was 58. A post to Gentry’s LinkedIn profile Thursday evening read: “If you are reading this, it means that I’m no longer around and lost my fight with cancer. While ..
