Happy Finish, a global creative production company with international studios in London, Portland, New York, Shanghai and Mumbai, today announced the appointment of Carl Davies as the company's first-ever global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
Davies joins Happy Finish as it aims to grow its cutting edge 360 cross platform production service and interactive virtual & augmented reality business.
As CMO, Davies will oversee the company s marketing strategy and is based in London. With deep experience leading marketing and strategic initiatives across complex technology portfolios, Davies will help place marketing at the heart of Happy Finish to drive a market leading reputation, support growth, and improve the performance of the company.
Most recently, Davies served as Global Marketing Director at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, where he led the repositioning programme of the Detica business into BAE Systems and transformed the company s digital marketing approach.
Davies joins a growing number of high profile new hires at Happy Finish as the company develops its cross platform production services and solutions. Commenting on the appointment, Simon Gosling, CEO of Happy Finish, said:
"We are delighted to welcome Carl to Happy Finish. His extensive experience is well suited to leading our global marketing activities and communicating our creative and technical leadership to current and new audiences."
Davies adds, "I am thrilled to join such an innovative and savvy production company. Happy Finish is leading the way with breakthrough 360 cross platform services and technologies that enable true production innovation for some of the most high profile brands across the world. I look forward to leading the global marketing team to help drive growth and shape the business of tomorrow.
Davies is no stranger to cutting edge technology, having played key roles in technology businesses over the last 20 years - from the launch of the UK s first cable broadband services to the some of the first mobile data value added services in continental Europe.