SYDNEY — Red Havas Global CEO James Wright is returning to Australia, where he will add serving as CEO of Havas Creative Network to his remit.

Wright will be responsible for all the creative network’s agencies — Host/Havas, h/commerce, Red Havas, Havas Blvd, One Green Bean and Organic. He will continue to serve as Red Havas’s global CEO and global chairman of the Havas PR Global Collective as well.

Other management changes include Gayle While being appointed CEO of Host-Havas, as which she will report to Wright. While joins from Dentsu, where she was chief client officer and, previously, CEO of Clemenger BBDO.

The move comes nearly four years after Wright launched the Red Havas brand with the consolidation of Havas Group’s US, UK and Asia-Pacific PR operations as global CEO.

Wright, who has been living in New York since the 2019 launch, already was global chairman of the Havas PR Global Collective at that time. He first joined the Havas Group in 2011 and was based in Australia until 2018.

“Whilst I have always kept close to the Australian market and teams during my time in New York, I am delighted to be back in my spiritual home where we have a world class roster of agencies, talent, clients, and opportunity,” Wright said. “I am looking forward to working with our senior management teams in the Havas Village to forge an exciting new chapter for the group.”