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People on the move: Hires and departures at Apple. Periscope, BBDO New York and more

on May 6, 2016 | 0 comments

By Rebecca Stewart

This week has seen another wave of appointments and departures at brands, media owners and agencies. The Drum has rounded up the key hires below.

Apple

Apple has recruited former Nest’s highly regarded technology chief Yoky Matsuoka (pictured above) to lead its own push into health-related gadgets.

Matsuoka will report directly to Jeff Williams, head of Apple’s Watch and health divisions.

In her new role Matsuoka has been tasked with giving oversight to Apple’s various health related ‘Kit’ initiatives such as HealthKit, ResearchKit and CareKit. The most recent of these, CareKit, allows developers to build apps dedicated to managing personal health Read full story ›

Source: The Drum