Execs & Accounts UK and EU: WPP, Microsoft, BBC Worldwide

Prescott to head WPP's Deliver; Dobson Leaving Microsoft; BBC hires Asia sales director

Execs & Accounts UK and EU: TradeDoubler, Microsoft, WPP

Neal Prescott is joining WPP to head up its newly formed global digital production arm Deliver as CEO. Before joining WPP, Prescott was executive vice president and global head of technology enablement at Publicis-owned Digitas.

Chris Dobson, Microsoft’s VP for its UK Online Service Group, is leaving the company. Dobson is believed to be joining BBC Worldwide in a senior role. He joined Microsoft in 2001 following positions at Zenith and MTV Networks.

BBC Worldwide is hiring Inez Albert as digital sales director for Asia, tasked with selling inventory on BBC.com to Asian advertisers. Albert has held roles at Forbes, Wall Street Journal Asia, and Barron’s.

Digital marketing firm TradeDoubler has appointed Dominic Trigg as VP of global sales. Trigg will be responsible for global advertiser, publisher and agency sales across 19 markets. He joins from Infospace Europe, where he held the position of VP of search Europe.

Digital creative agency Golley Slater has appointed Mip Phillips as its first executive creative director. Phillips will begin at the company on September 1, and will have responsibility for its digital creative product. Previous roles have included senior creative positions at Euro RSCG Network, Delaney Lund Knox Warren and Tequila/TBWA.

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