NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Y&R Global CEO
David Sable announced today that he
is naming David Patton the Global
President of Y&R, charging him with operational leadership
across the regions. Patton will join the agency in
January 2017, based in
London.
Patton comes to Y&R from Grey Group, where he has served as
the President and CEO of Grey EMEA for the past six years, and the
CEO of Grey UK for two years prior. He is credited with the
transformation of the London
agency, as well as for strengthening the EMEA region with the right
talent, capabilities and creative focus.
"Y&R has considerable momentum right now, with the win of
the U.S. Census account capping off a string of new business wins
in North America. Our Global Boutique strategy is driven by
the principle that a network's strength must be rooted in the
uniqueness of each local market. Strong local offices
resonate globally when they are unified by shared values,
technology and tools. In bringing David
Patton on board, we assure the strength and integrity of
both sides of the equation. And I can think of no one better than
he to lead this charge forward," said David
Sable.
He added, "I know that his enormous intellect and instincts make
him a valued partner to clients and an inspiration to all who work
with him. He knows how to bring the best out of people and
his innovative mindset always anticipates what we need to do to
meet the challenges our clients will face in the future. He
is focused, fearless and passionate."
"I am so pleased to take on this new role at Y&R. The
Y&R brand is iconic in the industry, and it has continued to
build on its legacy, becoming one of the top-ranking creative
networks in the world and achieving this standard of excellence
with offices from all around the network. I look forward to
working closely with David and the regional leaders," said
Patton.
A New, Burgeoning Healthcare Practice
At the same time, Sable has established a new global Healthcare
practice and named Howard
Courtemanche its President. Howard has worked on
pharma and consumer healthcare for close to two decades, joining
Y&R several months ago, after having served as CEO of JWT's
Health practice, where he drove double-digit growth and built a
blue-chip roster of clients. In the months since his arrival,
Y&R has won three OTC and pharma AOR assignments, helping to
make the category a key driver of growth for the agency.
"Howard has a proven track record and has an exceptional wealth
of knowledge about healthcare and pharma. He is intrinsically
collaborative and a generous teacher. He has a keen grasp of
the very singular challenges and opportunities in the category, and
is phenomenal at building the right teams, focusing on the right
issues and delivering elegant solutions. Howard has already
actively led us to several victories," said Sable.
Building on Y&R's New Business Momentum
Sable also announced that JJ Schmuckler, who has been serving as
the Director of Business Development in North America, has been promoted to Global
Chief Marketing Officer, based out of New York. He succeeds
Alex Hughes, who has moved to
Washington, D.C., to lead
Y&R's U.S. Census account after leading the successful
pitch.
Schmuckler began his career at Wunderman in Account Management.
He moved to Y&R, where he was Chief of Staff and then to VML,
where he was leading Global Integration efforts. He spent a
year at Interlude, an interactive video agency in which WPP holds
an interest, where he led the Brand Partnerships team.
"One of the most gratifying things as a leader is to see people
within the agency grow and take on new and bigger challenges.
JJ throws himself against every assignment with enormous
determination. His strong analytic skills, his ability to
understand what a client needs, as well as his love of building
teams has been pivotal in driving our recent new business
success. This is a well-deserved promotion."
Growth Surge at Y&R North America
Over the past three months, Y&R North America, driven by its
New York office, under the
creative leadership of Leslie Sims
and the strategic leadership of Dick deLange, has won 6 new
business pitches in succession:
- Census: The U.S. Census bureau awarded Y&R with its
largest integrated communications contract for the 2020 first-ever
digital Census.
- JP Morgan Chase: Y&R, in partnership with VML, won
the corporate JP Morgan Chase & Co. business. We will be
partnering with our clients to bring their brand purpose and
corporate mission to life across all communications channels.
- Cirque du Soleil: Y&R has been named a lead creative
agency for Cirque du Soleil, the largest theatrical producer in the
world. Y&R will handle overall brand strategy and development
of creative campaigns worldwide for Cirque du Soleil's growing
portfolio of product offerings."
- Pharma wins: Over the past few months, Y&R has
won three major Healthcare assignments in the OTC and Pharma space,
representing over $10mm in revenue for North America in 2016. For competitive
reasons, the specific AOR assignments cannot be announced at this
time but will be shortly.
"We have been quietly adding one new business win after another
in the past few months. This surge of growth in such a short
time is testament not only to our agility, but also to the magic
that comes from hard work, innovative thinking, great ideas and a
fierce ambition to come up with creative solutions. Many
people made this happen and deserve special recognition for such
outstanding work," said David
Sable.
"All these changes will not only help us manage the growth we
are experiencing and position us for future opportunities, but also
will ensure that we are delivering the best of all that our global
boutique philosophy has to offer our clients," he added.
Contact:
Aviva Ebstein,
aviva.ebstein@yr.com
About Y&R
Y&R is one of the leading and most iconic global marketing
communications companies. We operate as a Global Boutique,
connecting deep insights from local business needs and consumers
with strategies and objectives that travel across borders.
United by a global infrastructure and common tools and technology,
all our clients have access to people and resources from everywhere
in our network.
Y&R has 189 offices in 93 countries around the world, with
clients that include Bel Brands, Campbell's Soup Company, Colgate-Palmolive,
Danone, Dell, Telefonica and Xerox, among many others.
Y&R is part of WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY).
Follow us on:
Twitter:
@YoungRubicam and Instagram:
@YoungRubicam
Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20161021/431360
Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160413/355059LOGO
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/david-patton-named-president-of-yr-globally-as-yrs-momentum-is-fueled-by-string-of-new-business-wins-300349306.html
SOURCE Y&R