de Wolf replaces Alex Derwin who departed to set up his own agency after almost nine years with the Enero agency.
BMF takes over BWS as of July 1 and Dan Murphy’s from October. M&C Saatchi and Thinkerbell are the incumbents.
Takasaki's appointment comes after Eileen Cosgrove-Moloney joined BMF as joint-general manager alongside Richard Wood.
Cosgrove-Moloney returns from Tokyo, where she served as GM of Special.