Up the ranks: Reema Bhullar appointed as Head of People at Maker Lab. In her new role, Reema will oversee the full People function, bringing together talent acquisition, talent experience, and HR. Reema Bhullar (pictured above) has been promoted to Head of People at Maker Lab, taking responsibility for the company's global people strategy and the talent, capability and culture that power its embedded model. Since joining the business in 2021 as a Talent Acquisition Partner, she has been credited with helping build and evolve the talent infrastructure needed to support high-growth teams across markets. Over the past five years, Reema has progressed through roles including Talent Acquisition Lead and most recently Talent Experience Director, expanding her remit from regional recruitment delivery to the broader transformation of the Talent Experience function. Her work has spanned talent acquisition, onboarding, internal mobility, workforce planning, and employee engagement. In her new role, Reema will oversee the full People function, bringing together talent acquisition, talent experience, and HR. She will lead the continued development of a people-led operating model that enables Maker Lab's teams to work closely with clients, adapt to changing capability needs, and deliver outstanding work at scale. Reema brings more than a decade of experience in recruitment, digital talent, and people strategy. Before Maker Lab, she worked across specialist recruitment businesses including The Edge Partnership, Salt, and Morgan McKinley, placing digital, marketing, data, and technology talent across Asia. Her promotion sits alongside other recent leadership appointments as Maker Lab prepares for its next phase of growth. John Marsden has stepped into the role of Head of Growth, leading the global commercial strategy and helping more brands rethink how modern marketing teams are built. At the same time, Intan Mokhnar was also recently appointed as CEO, as the global marketing consultancy seeks to continue building "the leadership, capability, and operating model for the next generation of marketing organisations." If you'd like your senior HR leadership appointment to be featured in 'Up the ranks', please write in to us at [email protected]. Follow us on Telegram and on Instagram @humanresourcesonline for all the latest HR and manpower news from around the region! Related topics

Move and win roundup: week of May 25, 2026. Maker Lab, DDB Singapore, Dentsu Webchutney, Southern Cross Media Austereo and MC&V kick-off this week's roundup of exits, appointments and business wins. | Campaign compiles a new 'Move and win roundup' as each week progresses. This edition will cover May 25 through May 29, 2026. Catch up on past people moves and business wins. | Miroma Group agency and in-housing partner Maker Lab, has appointed Intan Mokhnar as chief executive officer. The appointment follows her three-year tenure as managing director during which time Maker Lab has secured key new business wins while expanding its existing portfolio. Matt Shoult, Maker Lab's founder and former CEO, has been elevated to the role of executive chairman, focusing on long-term strategic direction. Thomas Yang, DDB Singapore's long time creative leader has announced his departure on LinkedIn, signalling a new move to Publicis Groupe's creative agency Leo. Yang has been a creative director and head of art and design at DDB Singapore for more than 16 years, including the last five-plus years as ECD. Prior to this, Yang held roles at JWT, M&C Saatchi, 10AM and Lowe Lintas. Dentsu has elevated Surjo Dutt to chief executive officer of Dentsu Creative Webchutney, adding the role to his existing position as chief creative officer. He will continue to report to Amit Wadhwa, CEO South, Dentsu Creative and Media Brands. In his expanded role, Dutt will be responsible for driving the agency's next phase of creative and commercial growth - deepening client partnerships, nurturing talent and future-proofing the agency's creative product in an increasingly AI-augmented landscape. Indrajeet Mookherjee, the outgoing CEO, will step into the role of president of integrated client management for South clients at Dentsu. See the full article in Campaign India. Angus Ross has returned to Australia's Southern Cross Media Group in the new role of managing director, television and streaming, reporting to Southern Cross Austereo CEO Rohan Lund. Ross spent more than 25 years at TV network Seven in key content and management roles and will now be responsible for all television and streaming content teams, covering news, sport and entertainment across Seven and 7plus. Production company MC&V has secured two new Australian brand client wins, Canva and Canteen, built on previous partnerships. Positioning itself as an AI-native production company built around workflow design, creative direction and production systems, MC&V has expanded its creative roster, signing AI directors, Jodie Heenan, Josef "Seppi" Scholler and Jagger Waters.