Motorola marketer to head Maxus

• Maxus names Neil Stewart as CEO for APAC.
• Stewart will be based in Singapore.
• Reports to Kelly Clark, worldwide CEO of Maxus

Regional - In a bid to consolidate its position in the region, Maxus has named Motorola marketing director Neil Stewart as its CEO for Asia Pacific.

He will be based in Singapore, and report to Kelly Clark, worldwide CEO of Maxus.

"We have a strong position in the region, and we have an ambitious plan for growth. The appointment of a regional CEO is a key part of that plan, and we are delighted that Neil is joining us," Clark said.

Stewart comes with some agency experience having worked as MD of One Barrack Street in Sydney, an agency for communications solutions to Vodafone Australia, before joining Motorola. 

In December last year, WPP agency BJK&E was re-branded as Maxus UK and in January CICM, another WPP agency, was re-launched as Maxus Spain. According to Clark, more developments are expected in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America in 2009.