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Comms Council names new media committee chair
The Comms Council has named Emily Scovell, chief strategy officer for WPP Media, as the new chair of the Comms Council Media Committee.
Scovell takes the reins from Rufus Chuter, founder of Together, who led the Committee from 2023 until the end of 2025.
The Media Committee is responsible for representing the interests and needs of media agencies in creating a sustainable, profitable and respected media agency environment.
The committee is currently focused on specific challenges in the areas of eminence, commerciality and measurement.
Build on the strong foundation
Simon Lendrum, CEO of the Comms Council, says: “I’m incredibly grateful for Rufus’s leadership and direction, and extremely pleased that Emily has accepted the role of chair to continue driving progress on behalf of all media member agencies at a time of immense change.”
On the appointment, Scovell says: “It’s a privilege to build on the strong foundation Rufus has created for the Media Committee. My focus as chair is to ensure we remain aligned on our key pillars of eminence, commercial sustainability and measurement, where our collective clout is most powerful. By finding our unified voice, we can continue to prove the undeniable value that media agencies contribute to the business landscape in Aotearoa.”
The Media Committee represents the broad spectrum of media agencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, and is currently comprised of Emily Scovell (WPP Media), Abby Parkin (PHD Media), Blair Alexander (OMD), Craig Spillane (Bullseye Media), Elaine Gibbons (Sneakers Media), Lee-Ann Morris (MBM), Nicky Greville (Spark Foundry), Richard Hale (Dentsu), Pen Brown (Together) and Alicia Tutty (VML).
