Ogilvy PR Australia welcomes Steve Dahllof to Sydney

Steve Dahllof (right), Ogilvy PR’s recently appointed Regional CEO of Asia Pacific, and John Studdert, the managing director of Ogilvy PR Australia, before a dinner at Sydney’s Bennelong Restaurant.

Prior to taking up his new role, Dahllof was the managing director of Ogilvy PR’s Global Strategy+Planning Group. He replaces Christopher Graves, who has taken over as Ogilvy’s Global CEO.

Dahllof, who is based in Hong Kong, was making his first visit to Australia since assuming the position in January. At the dinner he spoke of the pivotal role Ogilvy PR Australia was playing in the worldwide organisation, pointing particularly to the exporting of intellectual property like Ogilvy Earth, the sustainability communications practice established in Australia which has now become the model for Ogilvy worldwide, and Ogilvy Illumination, Ogilvy Australia’s research firm which is similarly being seen as a global template for the company.

Ogilvy’s Asia Pacific network spans more than 30 offices in Asia, India, Southeast Asia and Australia. The region was recently named as Asia PR Awards’ 2009 Asia Pacific PR Network of the Year. ?