Moves & changes – industry news

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Digital consultancy Potato has appointed Scott Ewings as joint CEO. He first joined the company in 2017 as chief strategy officer.

Illustration consultancy Agency Rush has appointed Bronagh Wedderburn to the position of artist agent.

Sophie Rakow has joined Dynamo as client manager. Rakow has previously held roles at Bulletproof London and BrandOpus.

Furniture design consultancy Coexistence has announced changes to its management structure. Founders Mary Wiggin and Ross Bull will now take on ambassadorial roles, but remain as majority shareholders and board directors. Daniel Gray, who has been director of the company for 13 years, will take over as managing director.

Rapp UK has promoted Hiten Bhatt to creative director of its design division. Having joined the team in 2016, he will report to Rapp’s chief creative officer Al Mackie.

Consultancies

A new consultancy group called Hello Finch has launched. The collective of consultancies includes Studio Blackburn, Butterfield Harris, Third City, Forever Beta and Public Inc. Studio Blackburn has also designed the visual identity for Hello Finch.

Creative director Matt Burke has launched a new brand consultancy called Almighty. Based in Chichester, West Sussex, the consultancy specialises in branding for beauty and lifestyle brands.

Brand consultancy DewGibbons+Partners has been renamed as Free the Birds. The rebrand coincides with the consultancy’s 21st anniversary this year.

Contact sarah.dawood@centaurmedia.com if there have been any moves and changes at your consultancy.