Lowe+Partners SA hires new MD

Advertising agency Lowe+Partners SA has announced the hiring of Katika Pretorius as managing director. Pretorius joins having completed stints at agencies including TBWA, Ogilvy & Mather and M&C Saatchi Abel. She started her career at TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris before moving to Ogilvy & Mather in 2006. Spending five years at the agency, she led the team on KFC. In early 2012 Pretorius joined the newly-formed M&C Saatchi Abel to head up account management as the company grew from 10 people to 100.