MOVERS SHAKERS
By Adnews Staff
Mark Deacon has joined SMART Toronto as president. Most recently he was research marketing assistant director at the University of Toronto. Deacon has also been general manager of the Thailand Business Association of Canada. SMART Toronto is a member driven organization with the goal of promoting the Greater Toronto Area as a world centre for the information industry. Lynn Kahrkling is now at Promanad Communications of Toronto as senior public relations manager. Previously she was public relations consultant at Manifest Communications of Toronto. Kahrkling will work on the Bank of Montreal's First Canadian Funds and investore accounts. Sarah Robertson has been named public relations manager at the agency, working on various accounts such as Benjamin Moore, Steelcase Canada and Warner Wellcome. Formerly she was communications and fundraising coordinator at the Mississauga Crime Prevention Association. Tom Roychoudhury and Debi Sen have joined LA Ads of Toronto as senior art director and senior copywriter respectively. Most recently, Roychoudhury was creative director and partner at NoExcuses Creative in the U.K. Sen was senior copywriter at NoExcuses as well. Sonja Stockman is now at Adlib as business development manager. Formerly she was account manager at Cardiolink of Toronto.