Peter Harris becomes head of Iris Sponsorship
18 Oct 2008
Peter Harris has been appointed as head of new global agency, Iris Sponsorships.
Harris has over 20 years' experience in media and sponsorship, will take up the role of managing director of Iris Sponsorship.
Iris Sponsorship will provide a complete range of sponsorship services and work closely with all other Iris group agencies globally to activate campaigns across all above- and below-the-line channels, including advertising, PR, digital, experiential, promotions and retail, among others.
A part of Iris Worldwide, which has clients like Sony Ericsson, adidas, Shell and ING.
Harris is former global head of sponsorship and media at Vodafone. Prior to Vodafone, Harris had held various positions at The Coca-Cola Company between 1992 and 2001 and was a worldwide director of sponsorship from 2000.
He has also worked at Leo Burnett as group manager of international media between 1989 and 1992 and prior to that had held planning roles at Bozell and Ogilvy & Mather, respectively.