Are Media has announced the appointment of Chris Espey as its head of programmatic sales.

Espey joins Australia’s leading premium content and experiences company from adtech consultancy FiveStones, a Google Marketing Platform sales partner specialising in digital marketing, data and analytics, where he was business strategy director leading sales and partnerships.

Prior to FiveStones he worked as GM of sales and marketing at Fastrack Technology, responsible for Microsoft 365 deployment, device management, cloud infrastructure and cloud connectivity solutions. He has also worked at Brus Media, Acxiom and Allure Media, in addition to Sky Media and Haymarket Media in the UK.

Andrew Cook, director of sales at Are Media said: “Chris brings extensive programmatic, digital media, adtech and publishing experience to the business at an important time. Given the significant growth we are experiencing in programmatic trading, he has the right skillset for Are Media to help us evolve our programmatic offering.”

Espey added: “With some of Australia’s most iconic brands for women, Are Media has shown real innovation in how it connects advertisers to audiences across its digital platforms. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to work with clients and agencies to drive programmatic sales outcomes.”