Chris Sykes, chief executive of Volume Global, has been appointed chairman of creative agency BRND WGN.

The two agencies have a longstanding relationship that was strengthened in January 2014 when they signed a formal strategic partnership. Volume is an award-winning global provider of digital content, technology and innovation, operating across the Americas, UK, EMEA and Asia-Pac.

Employing 140 people across four offices worldwide, its clients include BP Castrol, Dell, Epson, HP, Kaspersky, Oracle, Plantronics and Virgin Media Business.

In September, Volume Ltd announced its commercial partnership with IBM, integrating the cognitive computing capabilities of IBM Watson – the first open cognitive computing technology platform where systems understand the world in the way humans do: through senses, learning and experience.