Sydney-based brand consultancy, Barker Gray, has appointed Robyn Kimble as group account director.

Kimble’s role sees her working alongside the client services team and the creative strategy director, Johnny Barker, to further enhance Barker Gray’s strategic offer to their clients.

Kimble has been internationally recruited and brings a wealth of experience to her position having worked in England at a number of prestigious brand consultancies including Elmwood, BrandOpus and Aesop. In these roles she worked across both corporate and FMCG consumer brands including HSBC, Danone, Sacred Gin, Fox’s Biscuits and Rowse Honey.

Kimble said of her hire: “Barker Gray has some fantastic, long established client partnerships so it’s great to be joining such a well respected strategic brand agency. I’m already enjoying supporting the client services team in their quest to bring rigour to brand communication and deliver effective results for our clients”.

Kimble’s key responsibilities include overseeing Barker Gray’s roster of clients; managing the client services team; and further driving the agency’s ability to add strategic value to their clients’ businesses.

Johnny Barker, creative strategy director of Barker Gray welcomes her to the team:

“Robyn brings an impressive amount of global brand experience, along with a critical thinking approach that will drive relationships and better our client partner’s brand outcomes.”