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Morrisons has created a chief AI officer role and given it to Mohsen Ghasempour, who starts on 1 October.

Shane McGonigle will step down as chief executive of the Marketing Institute of Ireland in December, four years after joining. The board will advertise the role in October.

Mango handed its global store network to Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Majtas on 25 September.

Diageo named Joanne Wilson as its next chief financial officer on 23 September 2026, replacing Nik Jhangiani in 2027.

IAB Canada president Sonia Carreno will lead IAB Europe from next quarter. Townsend Feehan steps down after 12 years.

Lars Wagner, 54, joins the Playmobil board in October 2026 and takes marketing, sales and development.

Christopher Kaiser of Ströer will lead Score Media Group from 1 January 2027. The move is part of a three-way leadership swap between German media sellers.

Mark Bambury becomes head of OpenAI advertising for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, working from Dublin. He joins from Roblox and takes over a business selling ads in 31 European markets.

Target named Mark Weinstein chief marketing and guest experience officer on 14 September 2026, with the Roundel ad network inside his brief.

Ajit Mohan leaves Snap's chief business officer role at the end of 2026. Ronan Harris takes over global advertising sales.

Emma Chalwin becomes chief marketing officer of Accenture on 1 October 2026. She joins from Workday and reports to Julie Sweet.

Mark Weinstein is leaving Hilton after 16 years as a marketing leader, most recently as global CMO and head of luxury brands. No successor has been named.