What you need to know:

• Independent media agency inc. Digital Media has appointed Claire O’Connor as its new MD.
• Her appointment follows the departure of CEO Loan Morris, who is returning to France.

Independent media agency inc. Digital Media's CEO Loan Morris has announced that she will be leaving the agency to return to her native France with her family.

Morris has been with the firm for more than five years and was appointed CEO in April last year. She leaves the agency in November.

Replacing Morris as Managing Director is Claire O’Connor, the former APAC Vice President Retail and Licensing at ViacomCBS Networks International in Singapore, a role she has held for five years.

O’Connor has 30 years’ experience in the media sector and has worked in marketing roles for BBC Worldwide and Paramount Pictures and was Director, Consumer Products ANZ, for Nickelodeon. She joins the firm today.