McCann Worldgroup appoints Lubar, others to fill top leadership posts
Global marketing communications company, McCann Worldgroup has made three new appointments to fill its leadership posts in North America, Asia Pacific, and Japan.
In the new marketing rejig, President of McCann Worldgroup, Asia Pacific, Alex Lubar has been appointed as the President of the McCann advertising agency network in North America; Lubar is to be relieved of his Asia Pacific duties as Ghassan Harfouche, Group CEO of the Middle East Communications Network (MCN), McCann Worldgroup’s and Interpublic Group’s partner network in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, will add responsibilities as President of McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacific; and CFO of McCann Worldgroup APAC & Representative Director of McCann Worldgroup Japan, Ji Watson has been named CEO of McCann Worldgroup Japan.
Speaking on the new appointments, Chairman and CEO of McCann Worldgroup, Bill Kolb said; “Alex, Ghassan and Ji have each demonstrated an impressive ability to drive client growth and creatively effective marketing solutions before and even during the difficult period of the pandemic. What they’ve accomplished with their teams in their respective regions, including expanding our integrated communications offering to clients, has been a key element of how we’ve continued to build our business as we prepare for the era of increased client activity when the pandemic ends. They are all great collaborators who know how to leverage our culture and capabilities to help our clients achieve success.”
“Ji is central to the growth and expansion of our operations across APAC,” Bill Kolb continued. “Over the past two years, McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacific has placed increased focus on bolstering individual markets under strong local market leadership, as we leverage scale and expertise across the region to deliver the best possible solutions for our clients. Ji’s expertise in the Japanese market and her experience in leading our agencies in the region are critical to our success in APAC.”
Alex Lubar, in his new role will be tasked with the responsibility of driving creativity, growth and further integration across all McCann brand agencies.
Chris Macdonald, Chairman and CEO, McCann stated: “Alex has proven to be one of the most dynamic leaders in our industry and expanded upon the success of every region where he has held a leadership position. I know that Alex will elevate our award-winning operations for the McCann brand across North America to even greater success in providing creatively-effective solutions for our clients.”
As he assumes his new role as the President of McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacific, Ghassan Harfouche said: “I consider myself fortunate to be working with the most innovative and creative global marketing network in McCann Worldgroup because they have been the greatest possible partner in building the most successful network of agencies in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. I look forward to seeing our network continue to grow in size and influence.”
Meanwhile, Harfouche joins Prasoon Joshi, Chairman of McCann Worldgroup Asia and CEO & CCO of McCann Worldgroup India, who is widely recognised as one of the industry’s most celebrated leaders, in overseeing the APAC region’s operations of 26 offices in 13 markets including affiliate agencies.
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