LOEWN Steel, the chief executive officer of KOJO, has left the Adelaide studio to open her own consultancy firm and mentor business leaders. Ms Steel's departure at the end of January is one of several senior management changes at the company, and follows the busiest quarter in its 21- year history. Revenue is 14 per cent above target this financial year and the studio has recently signed a contract with the Sands Casino in Macau where KOJO is advising on a new marketing project and has developed a new website for Mitsubishi Motors Australia. Ms Steel, who has served as chief executive of the Norwood-based studio for six years, will be replaced by Dale Roberts, who has been a partner with KOJO since 1995 and was appointed the company's managing director in July 2011. Ms Steel plans to open a consultancy firm that will provide mentoring for South Australian business leaders, and help companies think both critically and creatively. However, Ms Steel said she would continue to be closely involved with her former business. "I'll still be attached to KOJO," she said. I'll still be an ambassador for KOJO and plan to help them to think creatively and critically. In recent months, the studio has also secured work on projects with Perth's Murdoch University, Banner Hardware Group, Redken Hair Products and SLR Productions in Sydney. The company, which has offices in Adelaide and Melbourne, is also in discussions to establish a Sydney office as part of an expansion on the eastern seaboard. As part of this, KOJO last week announced the appointment of former Next Digital strategy and marketing general manager Stephen Lord as its Melbourne-based general manager, with responsibility for building its presence across content, digital and post-production services. "We are looking to continually build on the creative storytelling firepower we offer our clients including creative agencies, government, film and the corporate sector," Mr Roberts said. Stephen's industry experience and e-commerce knowledge will be instrumental in that. Mr Lord's appointment follows the recent naming of Mike Wilson as national creative director and Emma Rhys as head of digital. "To stay relevant to our clients and grow our business nationally we needed to focus on improving our creative offering and finding new solutions in a tough market," Mr Roberts said.