Gilbert & Welch add to the Innocean management team

Innocean Australia has brought on board two new senior hires to lead new projects for existing and future clients.

Photo from left to right: James Welch, Amanda Wheeler, Kevin Choi, Scott Lambert, Jo GilbertFurther to the appointment of Creative Director, Scott Lambert, in October 2010, Innocean now has Jo Gilbert as Events and Sponsorship Director to oversee all experiential outputs. Jo and her team will continue to work on projects from current clients and will be aggressively pursuing projects from new clients.

Jo’s experience includes client-side marketing in the UK with Virgin Group then specialising in brand activation back in Australia with agencies including STW’s Fudge Group and OgilvyAction. Clients have included Ford, Foster’s, GSK, American Express, Mitsubishi, Purina, Telstra, Rosemount and Nestle.

Amanda Wheeler, General Manager at Innocean, says “Jo personifies the type of person that Innocean now attracts: smart, hard-working and looking for the unexpected. We have exciting current projects – which we’ll be announcing in coming months – and we are talking with some interesting new prospects. We will also be approaching other candidates to recruit as employees and other candidates to recruit as clients.”

To assist in approaching new clients, Innocean has hired James Welch, a new business expert who since arriving in Australia has consulted to a range of businesses helping them define who they are and what business they want to go after. James also hosts the exclusive networking event in Sydney called ‘The Next Dinner Party’.

Kevin Choi, CEO at Innocean, says “We have achieved outstanding and effective creative work for both Hyundai and Kia in two-plus years since we opened in Australia. With Jo and James joining the management team, it is now time for us to share our wealth of expertise with other potential partners.”