Agency research firm COMvergence has appointed agency and media veteran Ron Pullem as head of advertiser relationships.

He is tasked with leading relationships with the firm’s global advertiser clients. 

Pullem is based in Tokyo and brings 30 years of global media management experience at agencies and marketers to the role. 

Most recently he led his own consulting company, and before that was head of global media at Sony Corporation.

Previously he was head of international media at the Coca-Cola Company and earlier served as head of international media at Interpublic’s McCann Worldgroup. 

Pullem is the latest in a series of recent senior management hires for the company.

Earlier, the firm hired senior managers to oversee Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Germany-Austria-Switzerland (DACH) and Southern Europe.