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Palladium Insight signals APAC growth with two senior appointments
L-R: Back Row - Ian Bellerby, Helena Turner. Front Row - Steph Karayannis, Rich Hall, Josh Thomas-Goodey.
New Zealand-based strategic insight consultancy Palladium Insight has appointed two senior leaders as it accelerates growth across APAC and expands its footprint to Australia.
The agency has named Ian Bellerby head of brand tracking and comms and Josh Thomas-Goodey director.
Bellerby’s appointment marks Palladium’s first senior presence in Australia and a key milestone in its APAC expansion strategy.
Richard Hall, Palladium’s founding partner, says: “Palladium is focused on accelerating its growth across APAC, building a stronger presence in key markets and investing in the senior leadership needed to scale with purpose. This next phase in the agency’s evolution is about establishing a more meaningful footprint on the ground in new markets and driving sustained international expansion.
“The appointment of Ian and Josh comes as Palladium continues to build momentum across ANZ, with an expanding client base and an increased focus on delivering high-impact, locally led insights.”
Build on the momentum in Australia
With nearly 20 years’ experience, Bellerby began his career at Millward Brown in the UK before relocating to Australia in 2011. He later joined Fiftyfive5, where he spent more than a decade building and leading its brand and communications tracking capability, developing large-scale tracking and pre-testing frameworks for major brands across Australia and New Zealand.
At Palladium, Bellerby will focus on elevating the agency’s tracking capability, while leading its expansion in Australia, identified as a high growth market and strengthening local client relationships.
Bellerby says: “Palladium has built a strong reputation for delivering sharp, commercially grounded insights. I’m excited to build on that momentum in Australia.
“There is a real opportunity to bring a more forward-thinking approach to brand and communications tracking, and I’m looking forward to using my experience to help grow the business and deliver impact for local clients.”
Scale qualitative offering
Newly appointed director Josh Thomas-Goodey brings more than two decades of experience across qualitative and quantitative research in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. His background spans both agency and client-side roles, as well as extensive work across government and major brands in FMCG, telco, banking and services.
Based in New Zealand, he will play a key role in expanding Palladium’s qualitative capability and deepening its presence in the government sector, helping translate complex consumer behaviour into clear strategic direction for clients.
Thomas-Goodey says: “Clients are looking for sharper, more decisive insight to navigate increasingly complex environments. Palladium is well positioned to deliver that, and I’m looking forward to scaling our qualitative offering to drive meaningful impact for clients across ANZ.”
Both appointments are effective immediately.
