GLOBETROTTERS

This new GLOBETROTTERS column is designed to keep the
international community connected. Not only will it spotlight who is where in the world now, it will also describe the adventures we all experience by living a life of constant worldwide travel. If you’ve ever been hijacked, stuck in a revolution, or committed an unforgettable cultural faux pas, everyone in our community will be curious to hear about it. Please do tell us, and don’t forget the photos!

TO SUBMIT TO GLOBETROTTERS, email: deborah.malone@internationalistmagazine.com

New Positions

• Willy Morgan, best known for his many years at The Economist inLondon, Frankfurt and New York, is now publisher of the NonProfit Times, based in New Jersey. He is convinced that this new position affords redemption for his many years in the capitalist world. To date, the biggest difference he has found between not-for-profit and profit-based publishing is lunch. His local watering hole is now the Morris Plains Station Deli; he sorely misses entertaining at Trattoria dell’Arte or Michael’s. To buy Willy a drink in Manhattan during those rare occasions when he crosses the Hudson, contact: publisher@nptimes.com

• How far you would go for a friend? Especially one who works at an ad agency? John Pentin of Newsweek, London, boarded a plane the day after Christmas (leaving his wife and three children with turkey leftovers and used wrapping paper) and arrived 16 hours later in Sydney — just in time to be the best man at Andrew Norris’ wedding. (Andrew had left MPG London in 2006 to become Managing Director of Mitchell’s in Sydney. He did start out as a ski instructor in Aspen, but went on to have important advertising roles at Leagas Delaney, Apple Computer and Carat before heading up the international department at MPG.) In the midst of the wedding ceremony, a violent storm broke out, but all agreed it was an omen for the best of happiness. The weather did not interfere with the party or John’s flight back to London contact: john.pentin@newsweek.com or anorris@mitchells.com.au

• After 25 years as international media director at BBDO New York, Les Margulis has done quite a bit of globetrotting — first to Sydney to run a multicultural ad agency, then to Kiev as CEO of a group media buying operations, and currently the native New Yorker is in the arms of Mother Russia. He is client services director for Mindshare Russia, based in Moscow. Les, now a proficient judge of the best brands of Soviet vodka, also knows an amazing amount about outdoor advertising in Vladivostok. He lives in a six-story walk-up built in Stalin’s time, and he considers himself “fit and lean as a Russian tiger” given his new daily ritual of carrying two 5-liter bottles of water up the stairs.

• Discovery Networks International has made some remarkable new hires around the world. Gilles Storme, formerly of Sky and National Geographic Channel, has just started in the London office as director of advertising sales, EMEA (gilles_storme@discovery-europe.com). The Discovery division in the Americas has also made some interesting staff additions from the media agency world Verushka Spear (verushka_spear@discovery.com) joined the sales team in New York from mediaedge:cia, while
Ana Herrera accepted the role of ad director in Miami from Universal McCann (ana_herrera@discovery.com). Is there a trend for media owners to hire media specialists from agencies?

• Unilever’s very busy Alan Rutherford has taken on anther responsibility; he has been named to the executive committee of the IAA (International Advertising Association) as representative of corporate members. His understanding of the challenges faced by organizations with a global mission makes him the perfect choice for this role. According to Rutherford, “the IAA is an important body for driving the crucialinitiatives of advertising self regulation, training of future leaders, and creating a network for professionals.” Companies interested in supporting the IAA should
contact the World Service Center at +1-212-557-1133.

	BLUE LAGOON Blue Lagoon beckons for Charney Palacios/Publicitas. The site of their new Miami headquarters offers palm trees and the convenience of the international airport. Pictured here are Soley Palacios and Miriam Milgram, both of Charney-Palacios/Publicitas
NEW HEADQUARTERS London’s Telegraph newspaper now boasts the largest newsroom in Europe with a headquarters move from Canary Wharf to Buckingham Palace Road, near Victoria. Nick Edgley, the Telegraph’s international ad director is shown here looking patriotic against the background of the London Olympics wall at the new offices. contact: nicholas.edgley@telegraph.co.uk

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