JCDecaux hires New Zealand GM

JCDecaux hires New Zealand GM
Phil Eastwood. (Image: LinkedIn)
Daniel Dunkley
Outdoor advertising giant JCDecaux has hired experienced industry figure Phil Eastwood as its New Zealand general manager.Eastwood, a former executive at APN Outdoor and oOoh! Media, replaces long-serving former NZ country head Mike Watkins, who stepped down earlier this month.Sources said that Watkins, who had been in charge since 2016, left with three other executives as the French group reduced costs at its NZ division.JCDecaux’s ANZ chief operating officer, Andrew Hines, said Eastwood’s hire would bring a “proven track rec...