Chris Macdonald Named President of McCann North America

Macdonald moved to the U.S. and was promoted to President of McCann New York in 2013. He was serving as CEO of McCann London, which he had first joined in 2005 as Client Services Director. 

Under Macdonald's leadership, McCann was named this year to Ad Age's 2016 A-List and Creative Innovators/Standout list. Over the last few years, the New York agency also added major new clients including the New York State Lottery, Reckitt Benckiser, Choice Hotels, MGM Resorts, and State Street Advisors, and grew organically with additional assignments from existing clients such as Verizon (McCann added Verizon Wireless to its FiOS account), Nestlé (Nespresso), and MasterCard. In addition to General Mills, MasterCard, RB, and Nestlé, the NY agency also works on the network's global Microsoft and L'Oréal businesses.

In his expanded role, Macdonald will report to McCann Worldgroup President Luca Lindner. He will remain responsible for leading NY and expand his responsibilities to lead the McCann North American agency group that includes Casanova//McCann, McCann Detroit, twofifteenmccann San Francisco, McCann Minneapolis and MacLaren McCann Canada, which consists of agency offices in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.

About McCann Worldgroup: McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), is a leading global marketing services company with 24,000 employees in more than 100 countries, comprising McCann Erickson (advertising), MRM//McCann (digital marketing/relationship management), Momentum Worldwide (total brand experience), McCann Health (professional/dtc communications), CRAFT (global adaptation and production), UM (media management), Weber Shandwick (public relations), FutureBrand (consulting/design), ChaseDesign (shopper marketing) and PMK-BNC (entertainment/brand/popular culture).

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SOURCE McCann Worldgroup