John Clancy, Managing Director of Carat, has been appointed the new Chairman of the JNRS (Joint National Readership Survey) committee. John will continue the great work undertaken by outgoing Chairman, Aidan Greene.

NewsBrands Ireland and the JNRS Committee would like to sincerely thank Aidan Greene, for his dedicated hard work and commitment as Chairman of the JNRS for the past nine years.

John Clancy is an experienced media professional with 15 years in the industry.  He began his career in creative agency Irish International BBDO, making the move into media with Mediavest soon after that.  Since then he has worked in some of the biggest and best agencies in Ireland including Mindshare, OMD and Zenith, most recently taking on the role of Managing Director of Carat, part of the Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) in Ireland.  He has experience across a wide variety of marketing categories including FMCG, alcohol, telcos, media and retail.  His current areas of focus are client management, new business and staff development.  He is a member of the DAN Ireland board and has guest lectured on advertising and media on various 3rd level courses.

For further information about JNRS contact Lisa Buckley: lbuckley@newsbrands.ie

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