The ‘bittersweet’ return of Strahan Wallis

AUCKLAND, Monday: Indie NZ news site Business Desk has published a thoughtful interview with Clemenger Group NZ ceo Strahan Wallis.

Business Desk’s Daniel Dunkely wrote: “A tumultuous 12 months saw a throng of overseas Kiwis rush to get back home in 2020, but for Strahan Wallis, the return to New Zealand was a little bittersweet.

“The executive from Raglan had just completed three-and-a-half years transforming the fortunes of communications firm Porter Novelli Los Angeles, fully immersed in turning around the California agency.

“I came into LA with a classic Kiwi mentality – a bit naive and very positive.”

“I came in with a classic Kiwi mentality – a bit naive and very positive,” Wallis told Dunkley after being poached by LA from Porter Novelli NZ, where he’d been MD.

“I moved my family half-way around the world and was committed to making a success out of it, making that agency something special, hunting the best clients, and hiring great people.”

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