Bastion names new Group Chief Creative Officer

News 20 May 2022 - 2 min read

Bastion names new Group Chief Creative Officer

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Bastion has lured Simon Langley, former National Executive Creative Director and Partner at indie creative shop Edge, as its Group Chief Creative Officer. He will lead the creative offering at Bastion Creative.

What you need to know:

Simon Langley has been appointed as Group Chief Creative Officer in Australia for Bastion, the global indie agency.
He will lead the creative offering at Bastion Creative but will work across the group.

Bastion has named Simon Langley as a Partner and its Group Chief Creative Officer in Australia.

Langley, who joined from independent creative agency Edge, will lead Bastion Creative’s creative offering and will have input into the Group’s creative ambitions. He begins in the next few weeks.

He is a former National CCO at Wunderman Thompson and has worked at 303 MullenLowe and BMF.

Langley is the latest senior hire for the group, including Angela Morris, National Chief Strategy Officer, and Ana Lynch, Sydney Managing Partner.

Bastion Creative CEO Mike Godwin welcomed Langley to the organisation, which now has more than 100 employees and works with Air New Zealand, Alinta Energy, Cancer Institute NSW, Unilever and Baby Bunting.