—PA Group: The owner of the Press Association news agency has appointed Clive Marshall its new CEO to replace Paul Potts, who steps down in January. Marshall, currently CEO of the Australian Associated Press (AAP), joins PA in London in February after eight years in Australia; before that he spent eight years at PA in a variety of roles and has also worked at Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK) and Trinity Mirror.

—iCrossing: The digital marketing agency has promoted two members of staff: Doug Platts is now head of natural search and Addam Hassan is director of search innovation in the UK.

—Publicis: The French ad group has appointed Miguel-Angel Furones as head of its operations in Spain. He was formerly chief creative officer at Leo Burnett. From Campaign.