KPMG adds Media Value Advisory to growing CMO Advisory practice
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Hot on the heels of launching a Social Media Advisory group, KPMG Australia has brought on former Zenith managing director, Karen Halligan, to lead a new Media Value Advisory practice focused on the rapidly changing media, publishing and advertising landscape.
The new media unit sits under KPMG’s Customer, Brand and Marketing Advisory, which officially launched late last year and is led by Carmen Bekker. Its remit is to provide independent, informed and optimised investment advice across the media value chain by tackling issues such as technology change, disintermediation and measurement. The Media Value Advisory practice will operate in both Sydney and Melbourne.
Halligan joins as director, after spending 20 years covering media buying, strategy and optimisation professionally. Her resume includes agency roles at Zenith, Mediacom and Universal McCann, along with in-house roles at South Cross Austereo and Coca-Cola.
KPMG Customer, Brand and marketing Advisory partner-in-charge, Paul Howes, said the launch of Media Value Advisory is a direct response to the boardroom needs of clients.The group pointed out $15…
