B&TB&TB&T
  • Advertising
  • Campaigns
  • Marketing
  • Media
  • Technology
  • Regulars
    • Agency Scorecards
    • Best of the Best
    • Campaigns of the Month
    • CMO Power List
    • CMOs to Watch
    • Culture Bites
    • Fast 10
    • New Business Winners
    • Spotlight on Sponsors
  • Jobs
  • Awards
    • 30 Under 30
    • B&T Awards
    • Cairns Crocodiles
    • Women In Media
    • Women Leading Tech
Search
Trending topics:
  • Cairns Crocodiles
  • Nine
  • Seven
  • Federal Election
  • AFL
  • Pinterest
  • AI
  • News Corp
  • Cairns Hatchlings
  • NRL
  • Married At First Sight
  • Channel 10
  • Thinkerbell
  • oOh!Media
  • Anthony Albanese
  • WPP
  • ARN
  • TV Ratings
  • Radio Ratings
  • Sports Marketing

  • About
  • Contact
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Advertise
© 2025 B&T. The Misfits Media Company Pty Ltd.
Reading: GroupM’s NCo Wins Regional Prize As It Prepares For NZ Launch
Share
B&TB&T
Subscribe
Search
  • Advertising
  • Campaigns
  • Marketing
  • Media
  • Technology
  • Regulars
    • Agency Scorecards
    • Best of the Best
    • Campaigns of the Month
    • CMO Power List
    • CMOs to Watch
    • Culture Bites
    • Fast 10
    • New Business Winners
    • Spotlight on Sponsors
  • Jobs
  • Awards
    • 30 Under 30
    • B&T Awards
    • Cairns Crocodiles
    • Women In Media
    • Women Leading Tech
Follow US
  • About
  • Contact
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Advertise
© 2025 B&T. The Misfits Media Company Pty Ltd.
B&T > Media > GroupM’s NCo Wins Regional Prize As It Prepares For NZ Launch
Media

GroupM’s NCo Wins Regional Prize As It Prepares For NZ Launch

Andrea Sophocleous
Published on: 2nd April 2015 at 9:47 AM
Andrea Sophocleous
Share
3 Min Read
SHARE

Less than a year after its establishment, GroupM’s NCo committee has won the Power of One award at the eMMies 2015, the regional awards for GroupM Asia Pacific, as GroupM prepares to launch the initiative into New Zealand.

The Power of One award recognises the use of combined strength to the benefit of GroupM clients and its people, in keeping with the idea that we get great things done when we act as one.

GroupM’s aim in establishing NCo, which consists of 15 of the brightest employees aged under 30 from across all GroupM Australia’s companies, was to involve the next generation of industry leaders in the running of the company, ultimately improving the business for the benefit of employees and clients.

NCO Emmies on stage

From next week, GroupM will launch NCo in its newly established New Zealand operation with up-and-coming NZ stars Matt Vogts from MediaCom, Chantelle Hurndell from Ikon and Elaine Gibbons from Mindshare. Like their Australian counterparts, NCo NZ members have been asked to respond to brief on talent retention and workplace diversity.

GroupM Chairman & CEO John Steedman said: “The NCo program has had a real and tangible impact on the GroupM business through the implementation of initiatives that affect every employee in Australia. And with our New Zealand operation now firmly established, it makes sense to extend the program across the Tasman. I look forward to seeing how our New Zealand bright sparks tackle the tasks we’ve set them.”

NCo members meet regularly and make recommendations to GroupM management on critical issues surrounding company culture, staff development and strategies for empowering and retaining younger employees.

Since NCo’s launch in Australia last July, the committee has already made its mark on the company through the recommendation and adoption of a raft of initiatives aimed at improving GroupM’s gender diversity.

The initiatives include increasing GroupM’s maternity and paternity leave scheme, investigating the creation of a childcare centre, launching a new GroupM Path Sponsorship program and ‘The Floor is Closed’ days during which GroupM agencies’ offices will shut down for a day with employees working from home or other locations.

Join more than 30,000 advertising industry experts
Get all the latest advertising and media news direct to your inbox from B&T.

No related posts.

TAGGED: Criteo, McCann Universal
Share
By Andrea Sophocleous
Follow:
Andrea Sophocleous is a journalist by training who has turned her skills to brand storytelling. She has a passion for stories well told, across all platforms and at all times. A social creature by nature, she makes a natural PR practitioner – and has the contacts list to prove it. As a journalist, Andrea specialises in covering the media, marketing and advertising industries; business, finance and property; and has also written extensively on technology, health and lifestyle. At a glance: • Sixteen years’ experience as a journalist, sub-editor, editor (print and online), PR consultant and communications specialist. • Specialise in covering the media, marketing and advertising industries, creativity, business, finance, property and lifestyle. • Experience in ghost writing opinion pieces and blogs. • Commissioned by businesses to create content for marketing material, content marketing initiatives, websites, annual reports, awards submissions and case studies. • Extensive experience in running an editorial team, staff management, budgeting, briefing journalists and photographers.

Latest News

BMW’s Alex McLean On Champagne Moments, Intentional Branding & The Most Popular Name For A MINI
22/05/2025
StackAdapt Expands Partnership With Samba TV To Power Smarter CTV & Digital Advertising In Australia
22/05/2025
Meta Condemned As Ad For Wedding Suits Appears On Child Exploitation Video
22/05/2025
Keno Partners Rolling Stone To Celebrate “All That’s Good About Local Venues & Live Music”, Via Dentsu QLD
22/05/2025
//

B&T is Australia’s leading news publication magazine for the advertising, marketing, media and PR industries.

 

B&T is owned by parent company The Misfits Media Company Pty Ltd.

About B&T

  • About
  • Contact
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Advertise

Top Categories

  • Advertising
  • Campaigns
  • Marketing
  • Media
  • Opinion
  • Technology
  • TV Ratings

Sign Up for Our Newsletter



B&TB&T
Follow US
© 2025 B&T. The Misfits Media Company Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Register Lost your password?