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Change of role for Farm's Smith

Date posted:

11th July 2008

Management changes are taking place at advertising agency Farm with the stepping down of the company's chief executive.

The chief executive of advertising and marketing agency Farm is to switch roles and become a non-executive director at the company.

Rob Smith, a founding partner of Farm, will give up the day-to-day running of the agency, handing the reins of responsibility to managing partner Paul Jeffrey, Brand Republic reports.

As a non-executive director he will now advise Farm's senior management on the running of the agency and meet with the company's clients.

"Deciding to take a step back from something you have created has been a very hard decision," Mr Smith told Brand republic.

However he added that the role of non-executive director will be perfect for him as it will allow him to get involved in other projects and pursue his own commercial interests.

Farm was founded in 1999 and its clients include the British Heart Foundation, the Department of Health, the London Dungeon, the Food Standards Agency and Lastminute.com.

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