JAKUB BENKE
By : (C.R.)
JAKUB BENKE, 28, will join media planner Starcom as managing director. One of his main tasks will be to oversee the company's separation from Leo Burnett, the advertising agency of which Starcom is currently a division. Benke previously spent six and a half years with Ammirati Puris Lintas and its offshoot, Initiative Media. He began his career at Lintas as a media assistant, and was promoted to media planning buyer, media buying director and finally, a member of the board of directors. Benke graduated from Warsaw University's faculty of management in 1996. Apart from his native Polish and fluent English, Benke said he speaks a little Russian and is studying German. He also said his hobbies include playing sports and acquiring languages.
