New Zealand

Alistair Jamison

Alistair has been with Starcom since it launched in New Zealand in 2004, having previously been Media Director at Saatchi & Saatchi. In the time since Starcom was established, Alistair has been instrumental in expanding and leading the business to the point that Starcom is clearly recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading media agencies.

Along with his normal CEO duties, Alistair works hands on with key clients providing strategic input and thinking. He motivates the Starcom team (38) to improve their performance through development, training and human experience.

Over the years Alistair has managed some of New Zealand’s largest and most famous advertisers, including The Warehouse, P&G, Toyota, NZ Dairy Foods, NZ Lotteries, adidas, Telecom New Zealand, Emirates and Television New Zealand.

Alistair is Deputy Chairman of the Communication Agencies Association of New Zealand (CAANZ) Media Committee and is an agency representative on the Radio Industry Research Committee and Print Readership Committee. In addition, Alistair is a regular contributor to a range of industry initiatives including training forums, industry conferences and in 2011 was selected to be a judge at the Cannes Lions Festival.

Kevin Malloy

In December 2002 Kevin relocated back to Auckland, New Zealand after 17 years abroad. He initially continued to play a key role for SMG by maintaining his global role on both P&G and Coca-Cola while overseeing SMG’s operations in Australia and New Zealand. Before returning to New Zealand he had been CEO, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) International Operations based in New York. A key part of this role was leading SMG’s efforts globally on two of their key clients, P&G and Coca-Cola.

Prior to this he served as MediaVest Worldwide’s chief operating officer where he played an integral role in unbundling the media operations of sister companies D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Kaplan-Thaler and N.W. Ayer into MediaVest Worldwide.

In 2008 Kevin was asked to take on the newly formed position of VivaKi Chair for Australia and New Zealand. This role encompassed SMG and ZenithOptimedia in these markets and required the launch of the Groupe’s key digital asset Digitas, while continuing to lead SMG’s global efforts on Coca-Cola.

Before the formation of MediaVest, Kevin was executive vice president, worldwide media director at D’Arcy. He was a key member of the D’Arcy media team that won the P&G AOR assignment in the US – at the time the biggest advertising assignment in history (US$1.2 billion).

Before moving to New York in 1996, Kevin spent two years at D’Arcy’s Hong Kong office as regional media director for Asia-Pacific, and at D’Arcy London for nine years.

In 1998, Kevin was named one of Advertising Age’s worldwide ‘Media Innovators’ following Media and Marketing Europe’s designation as one of the world’s ‘Top 40 Under 40’ media people in 1997.

Jo Reid

Jo has 12+ years of  Media Industry Experience. She started her career in the media department at Colenso BBDO.  Subsequently she had a variety of roles within different Omnicom Media Agencies (Media Direction, PHD International (in the UK), MediaWise and M2M) before joining Starcom earlier this year.

Jo is a strategically-focused media professional. ‘My core focus in everything I do is simply to deliver the optimum communications solutions to drive business results for my clients. I pride myself on both internal and external relationships to achieve best in class. I am highly numeric, logical and analytical but without doubt, understand the power of value and creativity in crafting media strategy.’

In her varied roles she has worked with many of local and global businesses across a number of categories, P&G, IAG Insurance, Cadbury, BNZ, GE Money, The Warehouse, NZ Defence, Lion Nathan, Tip Top, BMW to name a few.

Sally Falconer

Sally has wide industry experience spanning more than 16 years. She has worked on both the media (print and television), and agency side of the fence.  She joined Starcom in 2006, and in her current role is responsible for the strategic leadership across a group of key clients within the automotive and entertainment categories.

Responsible for the total trading output of Starcom New Zealand, Sally ensures a future-focused insight and innovation approach that delivers optimum results for all clients.

The range of clients Sally has worked on over the years is varied, and includes some of New Zealand’s biggest brands – Toyota, TVNZ, Restaurant Brands, Frucor, Emirates, Mars, Griffins and AA.