MUMBAI: Steve Walls has moved from Ogilvy & Mather to join Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore as head of planning.

Walls is the first senior hire by Shannon Cullum since he took the helm as CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore in late 2014.

"Steve is here to do what he does best - make wonderful work. Inspired thinking begets inspiring creative, and I know Steve will quickly become essential to both our creatives and clients," said Cullum.

Walls’ career has seen him develop effective and impactful strategies for both brands and agency. He has worked at AMV BBDO North America, JWT, "WhatIf", BBH London/Singapore and Publicis, where his clients included BMW, Castrol, CNBC-Asia, JetBlue, Johnnie Walker, Nestle, SingTel, Smirnoff and Unilever.

"The Saatchi creative department is young, talented and hungry. I look forward to helping them create some awesome advertising on some equally awesome clients,” said Walls.