SapientNitro plots management overhaul.(Kim Douglas appointed as managing director)(Brief article)

SapientNitro, the recently merged integrated agency, has appointed Mindshare's chief strategy officer, Kim Douglas, as its new managing director.

According to sources, Douglas is to be joined by Malcolm Poynton, the former executive creative director of Ogilvy, who will oversee the creative operation. Poynton denies the appointment.

Douglas' appointment is the first one to be made by Chris Clarke, the global chief executive of SapientNitro, who took charge of the agency's London office in November last year. This move came after Kevin Dundas, the president and chief executive of SapientNitro, left to join 180 Amsterdam.

Douglas, who has worked at …