Dentsu has announced the appointment of Ferrah Dagli as the new chief people officer of Australia and New Zealand.
Dagli will focus on building dentsu’s talent capability for tomorrow’s business needs, including driving commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and building a culture that celebrates differences and nurtures a philosophy of creativity everywhere.
Dagli joins the agency from ANZ Bank where she partnered with the retail, commercial and digital divisions of the bank to lead and re-imagine the talent and culture components of a new digital bank.
Prior to ANZ, Dagli held roles internationally with Willis Towers Watson and HSBC in London.
The newly appointed chief people officer will commence her new role from Monday 4 July, and will report directly to Luke Speers who has been appointed chief people officer, dentsu APAC.
Angela Tangas, CEO dentsu ANZ: “As an integrated teaming business with creativity at our core, we are committed to prioritising best-in-class talent development and people solutions, and in many respects we’re well ahead of our peer group.
“Ferrah has an impressive background in designing high performing, integrated teams, proven to drive horizontal growth and solve the problems of tomorrow, today.
“Joining us, she will continue to champion our dentsu University, leadership development, and broader people initiatives, while unlocking new ways to attract, retain, and grow great talent ensuring our people have the best years of their career with us.”
Dagli said of her appointment to the role: “I am thrilled to be joining as dentsu’s ANZ chief people officer. During these disruptive and uncertain times – nurturing and purposefully developing talent and prioritising a strong, inclusive, and diverse culture is more important than ever.
“Dentsu’s talent-first mindset, focus on high performance, and rich heritage culture (comprised of good humans!) are what attracted me to this role.
“I look forward to working with the entire leadership team to help seize the opportunities and build on the high-performing team already in place as we take the business to the next phase of growth,” she added.
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Top image: Ferrah Dagli