Hyro, one of Australia’s leading digital agencies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Anthony Poiner as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company effective immediately. Dr Poiner replaces Mr Bill Votsaris who will assume the role of Executive Director.
As Executive Director, Mr Votsaris will focus specifically on progressing a number of strategic initiatives both in Australia and overseas. He will also provide support and insight to Dr Poiner as he concentrates on the immediate operational matters in Australia.
Mr Votsaris was appointed CEO in February 2008 at a time when Hyro faced significant commercial challenges. His strong leadership, business acumen and endless resilience have been invaluable as he navigated the company through numerous issues, the largest being the global financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers with whom Hyro had a $21m convertible note at the time.
Mr Votsaris and the Hyro Board believe that now is the appropriate time to handover the day-to-day leadership of the company to someone who can build on the solid platform that has been established and move forward to its next stage of development.
Dr Poiner has a deep history and broad experience both as an executive and adviser in creating business success stories across a range of service industries. Firstly as a management consultant, and then as the executive directly responsible, he has built a track record of improving businesses and delivering sustained profitable growth.
From 2005 to 2011 Dr Poiner held key leadership positions at St George and Westpac as a General Manager of a number of divisions. Prior to taking direct management positions, Dr Poiner was a senior partner with Bain & Company. During his 16 year management consulting career Dr Poiner focused on supporting Chief Executives closely through significant business transformations.
“The Hyro board would like to welcome Dr Poiner as the new Chief Executive Officer and Director”, said Robert Clarke, Chairman of Hyro. “He has a strong reputation and understanding in achieving customer focus, and embedding strong management processes and disciplines towards substantial business improvement. I look forward to working closely with him to take advantage of Hyro’s position in the dynamic IT & Digital Services industry”.
“This is an exciting industry which is at the forefront of how our clients and other companies are changing in how they interact with their own customers” said Anthony Poiner, CEO of Hyro. “As the first and leading digital agency in Australia I look forward to moving Hyro into its next stage of development.”