Ogury hires Simon Porter as global head of trading and agency partnerships

Ogury has appointed Simon Porter as global head of trading and agency partnerships.

Porter will be responsible for developing partnerships with international media agencies such as GroupM, Dentsu International, Publicis Media, Havas Media, IPG Mediabrands and Omnicom Media Group (OMG).

He will be based in London and report to Raphael Rodier, Ogury’s global chief revenue officer.

Most recently Porter was head of trading at Dentsu for nearly four years and previously had roles at Maxus as head of trading for Asia Pacific in Hong Kong and deputy global trading director in London.

He started his career at Sky TV before spending six years at Walker Media, now Spark Foundry.

Ogury was founded in 2014 and focusses on mobile and personified advertising. It now has more than 450 employees across 14 countries.