Magnite (Nasdaq: MGNI), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform, today announced that James Young will remain as Managing Director of Australia for Magnite following the acquisition of SpotX. Juliette Stead will continue to lead Magnite across Asia Pacific and Japan in her role of Senior Vice President, Head of JAPAC, while Gavin Buxton has been appointed Managing Director of Asia.
Additionally, Nikola Small, who is returning from maternity leave, has been appointed as Seller Lead in Australia where she will head up Magnite’s growing publisher accounts team and develop key relationships with Magnite’s portfolio of broadcaster and publisher clients, with greater revenue responsibility. Nikola has worked at Magnite and Rubicon Project over the last five years in client facing roles.
The announcement follows Magnite’s acquisition of SpotX, which created the largest independent CTV and video ad platform. The company now boasts an increased headcount, omnichannel strength due to the combined experience across all digital ad formats; and recently announced investment in its APAC data center.
James Young, Managing Director of Australia at Magnite commented, “It’s been an exceptional year leading Magnite’s Australian team and we’ve gone from strength to strength with our Australian revenues increasing greater than 60% and ad spend up more than 70% year on year. Nikola’s return will further ensure we can continue servicing our clients to the fullest degree and reaching new milestones.”
Recent local announcements for Magnite in Australia include supporting Seven West Media with programmatic trading for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 programming. Additionally, Seven West Media was one of the first global publishers to adopt Magnite’s Unified Decisioning product which launched earlier this year.
Juliette Stead, SVP Head of JAPAC at Magnite commented: “With James’ strong leadership at the helm of Magnite in Australia, the company will continue to support media owners and media buyers in this market as they seek a scaled, independent platform.”
About Magnite
We’re Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Publishers use our technology to monetise their content across all screens and formats including CTV, online video, display, and audio. The world’s leading agencies and brands trust our platform to access brand-safe, high-quality ad inventory and execute billions of advertising transactions each month. In April 2021 we acquired SpotX to further enhance our CTV business and better help our clients in this rapidly growing market. Anchored in sunny Los Angeles, bustling New York City, mile-high Denver, historic London, and down under in Sydney, Magnite has offices across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.