A big, warm welcome to the brilliant Martin Bassot, joining the crew as Strategy Partner.

Martin joins us from Colenso BBDO Colenso, where he was previously Group Planning Director and Deputy Head of Planning. Bassot had been at Colenso BBDO since January 2023 and worked on clients including Spark New Zealand and Bank of New Zealand. He has also been involved in projects for Mars Petcare including the Cannes Lions Grand Prix winner ‘Adoptable’ for Pedigree in 2024 and “Meowzer” for Whiskas, which picked up a bronze Cannes Lion.

Will Grundy, CSO, has commented: “Martin is a weapons-grade strategist with an incredible brain, a diverse and modern skillset, and an eye-watering amount of world-class work to his name.”

Martin added: “There’s no place quite like adam&eveDDB, and no planning team quite like the one here either. I’m excited to no doubt be made to feel annoyingly stupid, and to help build the next chapter of the agency.”

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