11 August, 2015
MEC, a leading media agency, www.mecglobal.com, today announced Ondrej Simunek as Managing Director of MEC Czech Republic, a newly created role. Ondrej Simunek will report to Daniel Zivica, Chairman of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Daniel Zivica commented on the appointment, "Ondrej has robust client management experience and a broad knowledge of the media industry. I believe that we couldn't have found a better person to head up MEC Czech Republic and ensure that we continue to deliver on our ambition to be our client's most valued business partner."

The appointment comes as Marek Hofhanzl ends his tenure of three years as CEO for MEC Czech Republic.

About Ondrej Simunek
Ondrej's started his career in media 13 years ago as Production Manager with Ark Thompson. He has since grown and developed his client focused approach through stints at Mindshare and MediaVest. His experience includes contributing to the Vodafone rebranding from Oskar and leading media communications for Telefonica O2, Kraft Foods Later (Mondelez), GE Money Bank and GSK among others. Ondrej has been with MEC since 2013, heading up the Ceska sporitelna, SABMiller and Henkel accounts. In his own time, Ondrej is a family man and a notorious sports geek.

About MEC
MEC is committed to growth. Growth for our people, our clients and our industry. MEC pushes the boundaries of what's possible in order to thrive in ~ Ad Ops ~ Analytics ~ Brand Partnerships ~ Content Marketing ~ Data ~ Insight ~ Integrated Planning ~ Mobile ~ Multi-cultural ~ Performance Marketing ~ Planning & Buying ~ Programmatic ~ Search ~ Social ~ Sport, Entertainment & Cause Marketing. Our 5,000 highly talented and motivated people work with category leading advertisers in 93 countries and we are a founding partner of GroupM.www.mecglobal.com #dontjustlivethrive

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