Paramount Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) has announced that Kristian Waller will be joining its sales team as Sydney sales director, responsible for its sales and commercial activity in Sydney across Network 10, 10 Play and Paramount+.
Waller joins Paramount ANZ from oOh! Media where he spent over seven years as group sales leader and most recently, NSW sales director, agency. Waller will start with Paramount ANZ in August 2022, reporting to national sales director, Lisa Squillace.
Waller said: “Paramount is a global juggernaut with a mountainous pipeline of content featuring some of the world’s most loved and iconic brands. I feel incredibly excited and privileged to be given this opportunity, working with such a fantastic team, and product, as the business seeks to evolve their offering and unlock its true potential for clients.”
Squillace said: “We’re thrilled to have Kristian join the Paramount ANZ team. Kristian is an experienced and passionate sales leader with a career spanning 19 years across a number of Australia’s most recognised and leading publishers. His experience and knowledge of the media landscape makes him the perfect candidate to lead our Sydney sales team and represent our Paramount brands. Kristian will bring a great perspective with him to this role and I’m looking forward to him joining our star line-up of sales leaders.”
The Sydney sales director announcement follows the appointment of Diane Ho to director of digital sales in March 2022.
Ho reports to the chief sales officer, Rod Prosser. Working closely with Squillace, Ho and the digital sales team works in conjunction with the state sales directors, and the broader sales team to unify and monetise Paramount’s digital assets.
Shani Kugenthiran also joined the team in the newly created role of digital advertising strategy and product director at the same time.
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