Movers and Groovers : Alex Macnamara at AOL, Amanda Macchi at the Aspiration Group, Martin Hubert at nugg.ad

AOL announces the appointment of Alex Macnamara as Multinational Head of Agency Sales. 

He will be responsible for driving growth opportunities and new revenues across the multinational sales team based in London. Macnamara joins from Tremor Video where he has held the position of UK Managing Director since 2013.

Macnamara returns to AOL having previously worked with the company as an Agency Sales Manager for five years up to 2005. In this newly created role, Macnamara will lead a team of international sellers to deliver increased revenue across global agency groups. Additionally, he will nurture existing clients and drive organic growth in sync with AOL’s full suite of media and platform offerings. Based in London, Macnamara will report directly to Georgia Giannattasio, Head of Multinational, AOL.

In this current role at Tremor Video, Macnamara has been responsible for the development of the UK business and oversaw a period of significant revenue growth. He joined the business in 2011 as a Sales Director before taking on the role of Commercial Director.

Penny Harris, Head of International Revenue, AOL said: “We are thrilled to welcome Alex back to the AOL family. His experience and proven track record for seeking new areas of opportunity and growth can be seen in his exceptional achievements. As we continue to cement our position as a leader in brands, video and programmatic, Alex will play an essential role in driving sales and revenue growth.”

The Aspiration Group has appointed Silverstone's former head of sales, Amanda Macchi, to the role of group sales and marketing director

Macchi, had been with Silverstone Circuits for nearly two years, and brings with her considerable experience of the MICE sector. 

She was previously director of sales at De Vere Hotels and also director of sales and marketing at four-time Ryder Cup venue, The Belfry.

She is a fellow of the Institute of Hospitality and of the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

The fluent French-speaker's new role will see her reunited with her former Belfry colleague Aspiration Group CEO Simon Wordsworth, and she will take on responsibility for heading up the company's sales and marketing activities..

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New nugg.ad CEO Martin Hubert takes over the management of the target group specialist on May 1st, 2015. 

Prior to this, Hubert was Managing Director at Ströer Digital Group. 

He will take care of the expansion of sales, especially internationally, and will further develop the company’s product portfolio in terms of Data Management. 

The former CEOs Karim H. Attia and Stephan Noller will remain as advisers for the company.

Martin Hubert worked for the BBDO-subsidiary Interone Worldwide GmbH and as CEO at the Performance-Marketing-Agency eprofessional GmbH before moving to Ströer Digital Group. There, he took responsibility for the development of premium business with publishers to market leadership, marketing of advertising space on mobile devices as well as technology development. 

Thus, Hubert not merely possesses comprehensive internationalisation and sales experience but also distinguishes himself notably through his expertise in the field of technology and Data Management. Martin 

Hubert says about his new responsibilities: “nugg.ad has enormous expertise in target group marketing and their flexible and neutral platform has been successfully established in several markets. I look forward to working with such a strong and well-tuned team. Together we will offer intelligent product solutions to our clients, with particular focus on Premium Programmatic and Data Management.”