2 Top Execs Out at AKQA

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A year after Citron Haligman Bedecarré was merged into global marketing company AKQA, two of the agency’s co-founders are leaving, according to CEO Tom Bedecarré.

Chief strategic officer Kirk Citron and chief creative officer Matt Haligman will be replaced by a six-person management team that includes Bedecarré, who will continue as CEO. He said Haligman and Citron made a “personal decision” that comes at “a time of successful reorientation of AKQA, following a tough year for every firm in the sector.”

The new team also includes Christine Bensen, media director; Heather Clifton, account planning director; Jennifer Michalek, director of business development; Glen Sheehan, creative director; and Stuart Sproule, director of client services.



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