Harricks replaces Devlin on Communications Council board at last night’s AGM in Sydney

The Communications Council wrapped up its first full 12 months of operation at last night’s Annual General Meeting in Sydney.

Jeremy Nicholas, former Vice Chairman of the Communications Council and Chairman of the APG has rotated off the board. Darryn Devlin, a founding director of the Communications Council and former AWARD Chairman has also stepped down, replaced by Mark Harricks (pictured), ECD at JWT Sydney.

Speaking after the AGM, chairman Anthony Freedman said: “This has been a significant year in shaping the new body and its activities and today we celebrate some of our successes.

“We’ve seen some great achievements such as the increase of our corporate membership, the birth of the hugely successful Circus festival, the growth of all our award shows and the consolidation of our education training programs.

“We’re also looking forward to continuing to grow our recently launched individual membership and expanding our services and programs, such as the annual Graduate Trainee Program.”

Last night’s AGM formally ratified the board members and completed the final administrative stage to fully incorporate the Australasian Promotional Marketers Association into the Communications Council.

It was also an opportunity to formally thank outgoing board members for their outstanding contribution to the industry.

Freedman praised Nicholas’ achievements in leading the APG through a period of exceptional growth. He also thanked Darryn Devlin for his involvement in the AWARD merger and his tireless commitment to ensure creativity is at the forefront of all activities.

Daniel Leesong expressed his thanks to outgoing members and said: “I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Jeremy and Darryn and appreciate the time that they have devoted to furthering the industry cause. It is through the commitment of people like Jeremy and Darryn that our industry develops and becomes a better place to work in.”

The Communications Council Board, ratified at the current AGM, has thirteen members.

It is made up of:

•    Anthony Freedman – Communications Council Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Host. 

•    Craig Davis –  Communications Council Deputy Chairman, Co-Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Mojo

•    Mark Coad – Chief Executive Officer, CHE

•    Tom Dery – Worldwide Chairman M&C Saatchi

•    Lindsey Evans – Happy Soldiers

•    Melinda Geertz – Chief Executive Officer, Leo Burnett Melbourne

•    Sudeep Gohil -Executive Planning Director / Partner Droga5

•    Mark Harricks – Executive Creative Director, JWT

•    Peter Horgan – Managing Director, OMD

•    David Lo – Chief Executive Officer, The Marketing Zoo

•    lain McDonald – Executive Creative Director, Amnesia Razorfish

•    Matthew Melhuish – Head of Australian Agencies, Photon Group

•    Michael Ritchie – Executive Producer, Revolver