Twitter has today announced the appointment of Emily Foat as Head of Agency in Australia. The new role is a first for Twitter Australia, which will see the company provide further support to its network of agency partners. As Head of Agency, Foat will lead the team to deepen relationships, create new programs and lead training for agency partners. 

Foat joined Twitter in 2015, and was most recently Client Partner Lead for Government and Tourism brands. In her new role, Foat will work closely with local agencies to create scalable programs that drive growth and support agency needs, as well as share deep and broad industry insights to enable agencies to differentiate and adapt in the face of dynamic industry changes.

It follows a period of strong growth Twitter has seen both in audience numbers and brand partnerships with 150 million average monetisable daily active users recorded last quarter, up 21 per cent year-on-year.