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  • Omnicom elevates Alex Lubar to global CEO of DDB Worldwide

    Omnicom elevates Alex Lubar to global CEO of DDB Worldwide

    Mumbai: Omnicom chairman and CEO John Wren has elevated Alex Lubar as global CEO of DDB Worldwide. Lubar succeeds current global CEO Marty O’Halloran who will continue as chairman. In addition, Glen Lomas currently CEO, DDB EMEA, based in London, becomes global president and chief operating officer in partnership with Alex.

    “We are pleased to announce these changes as DDB has reclaimed its title of being one of the top creative agencies in the world, including 2023 Cannes Network of the Year,” said Omnicom chairman and CEO John Wren. “Marty’s dedication to DDB has made him an integral part of the network’s culture and operations, and we thank him for his strong leadership during the past four years as CEO. With extensive global leadership credentials within the industry, we are confident that Alex, supported by Glen, will continue to elevate the network and build upon its legacy of creative excellence.”

    Lubar was appointed president and chief operating officer of DDB Worldwide last October 2022, following ten years at McCann. He held several regional leadership roles during the course of his time there including President, McCann North America, head of McCann’s Asia Pacific region, and CEO of McCann London.

    Said Lubar about his new role, “Since its inception, DDB has unlocked the power of human emotion to make millions of different people change how they behave, feel, and transact with brands and businesses around the world. We believe that creativity, in all its modern forms, has the power to profoundly transform our clients’ businesses. I am honored to have the opportunity to lead Bill Bernbach’s legacy into the future with such a talented global staff and leadership team who all share the same vision.”

    Lomas has unparalleled international client experience at DDB having been CEO of Europe, Middle East, and Africa, DDB’s largest region and with the network since 1995. Based in London, he is responsible for the EMEA region and has built successful client teams across geographies while creating an environment where creativity and effectiveness flourish across the network.

    Said Lomas about his appointment, “It has always been a privilege to work at DDB and it is a great honor to take on this role. DDB has always been where brilliant, unpretentious people turn up each day to apply their creativity to solving problems. The problems and solutions change, but that culture doesn’t. I love what this network is capable of when it comes together, as demonstrated this year at Cannes, and Alex and I are here to ensure that spirit continues and the network keeps evolving to attract the most ambitious talent and clients.”

    O’Halloran has been a leader within the DDB network for close to four decades and took over the role of global CEO in 2020. Under his leadership, DDB won 2023 Network of the Year at Cannes, Network of the Year for the past 3 years at D&AD, and Network of the Year at Effie US and Latina.

    “It has been my honor to lead DDB over the past four years,” said O’Halloran. “The talent across our regions is incredible and together we’ve been able to produce work that has achieved transformative results for our clients and has been awarded as some of the best creativity in the world. As part of this orchestrated succession plan, there is no doubt in my mind Alex will continue to lead the DDB network to new heights. I look forward to working in a chairman’s capacity with Alex and Glen as they partner in leading the way forward with their global leadership team.”

  • AAAI honours Madhukar Kamath with Lifetime Achievement Award 2019

    AAAI honours Madhukar Kamath with Lifetime Achievement Award 2019

    The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) honored Madhukar Kamath with this year’s AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award today in the presence of the who’s who of the advertising industry. This is the highest honour to be given to individuals in India for their outstanding contribution to the Advertising Industry. The Award, being presented annually, recognizes the individual's contribution.

    The award recognized Madhukar’s pioneering and outstanding contribution to the growth and development of the advertising industry in India. He played a vital role in transforming a traditional advertising agency into one of India’s most successful and diversified communication companies. Madhukar also played a key role in the Omnicom acquisition of the Mudra Group and the integration with the Global DDB Network. Subsequently, he facilitated the entry of Interbrand, the leading Global Brand Consultancy into India, and functioned as its Chairman.

    For his commitment to the cause of education and building talent for the marketing communications & services industry in India, Madhukar took forward the legacy of A G Krishnamurthy in building MICA and establishing it as India’s leading business School for Strategic Marketing and Communication Management. He was the Chairman of Mudra Foundation from 2003 to 2017.

    Speaking about his long journey in advertising, Mr. Madhukar Kamath said, “To join the ranks of the legends that I’ve always admired is truly humbling. AG Krishnamurthy, was the wind beneath my wings for well over a decade. I grew both personally and professionally in Mudra. From the legendary Keith Reinhard, the Chairman Emeritus of DDB Worldwide, I learnt that building on a legacy is as important as looking to create one. Over my career of four decades, as the Industry changed, as market forces changed, the very construct of operations changed, the remuneration structures changed and so on, I learnt the importance of constantly reinventing and staying relevant. I treated it like a long distance run where it was necessary to stay the course and not look at it as a sprint. Perhaps, I am blessed. Or just lucky? To have had some truly life changing opportunities come my way.”

    President of AAAI Mr. Ashish Bhasin said, “Heartiest Congratulations to Madhukar Kamath on being conferred AAAI’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his vision and passion in transforming a traditional advertising agency into one of India’s most successful and diversified communication companies and his commitment to the cause of education and building talent for the marketing communications & services industry in India. He also played a vital role in bringing together the various constituents of the advertising industry to work with unity.”

    The AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an individual who has been a practitioner of advertising for twenty-five years and had been in the top management position; has been or continues to be an active participant in industry bodies and or made significant contributions in shaping the industry priorities which enabled the advertising industry to grow, prosper and  become more professionalized;  individual  known for his integrity, ethical practice and leadership qualities;  contributed to his Company/Companies growth by innovative thinking and taking them in newer directions; involved in projects of social consequence which is seen as a role model for the industry at large and had been an industry veteran.

    This award was instituted in 1988 by AAAI and some of the past winners include Subhas Ghosal, Alyque Padamsee, Mike Khanna, Piyush Pandey, Sam Balsara, Prem Mehta, Ram Sehgal and others.

  • Goafest announces speakers of Knowledge Seminars

    MUMBAI: The Goafest Committee announced the names of four globally acclaimed speakers for Goafest 2013 Knowledge Seminars – DDB Worldwide chief creative officer Amir Kassei, MOFILM chief creative officer Dave Alberts, Razorfish chief technology officer Ray Velez- Global and Warc Asia-Pacific director Roger Mulchandani.

    Goafest 2013 Knowledge Seminars chairman M G Parameswaran said, “We plan to have a really varied set of speakers this year. The second set of names cover a wide knowledge net, from creative to digital to films to strategy. We have a few more names in our list and those will be released next week. So the excitement of Goafest 2013 is going to reach a new level!”

    Goafest 2013 chairman Nakul Chopra, said, “This is an enviable line up of speakers. Indeed they represent the best by global standards across disciplines. Listening to them will be a great learning opportunity for all of us – especially for the young minds from both the advertising and marketing fraternity.”

  • Pops and Amir Kassaei on New York Festivals 2013 jury

    MUMBAI: Leo Burnett India chief creative officer India Sub Continent KV Sridhar, fondly called Pops, and DDB Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Amir Kassaei have been selected to be part of New York Festivals International Advertising Awards. The announcement was made after the second round of appointments to the 2013 Executive Jury. Since 2011, NYF has assembled a group of worldwide creative officers brought together to select the world‘s best advertising.

    The second round of the 2013 Executive Jury Members includes:

    • Leo Burnett, India chief creative officer India Sub Continent KV Sridhar,
    • JWT US president, chief integration officer Mike Geiger
    • DM9 Jayme Syfu, Philippines chairman, chief creative officer Merlee Jaymee
    • DDB Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Amir Kassaei,
    • Havas Worldwide US chief creative officer Jason Peterson
    • Y&R Asia, Singapore Chief Creative Officer Asia Marcus Rebeschini

    Additional executive jury appointments are forthcoming. International Awards Group/New York Festivals president MichaelO‘Rourke said, “The 2013 Executive Jury will evaluate only the Shortlist selected by the NYF‘s Grand Jury. This process of the Executive Jury evaluating entries during five rounds of judging allows each entry to be given the utmost attention. To have your work seen by a jury with this much combined experience makes earning an award in the New York Festivals International Advertising Awards a testimony to the creativity and originality of the entry.”

    The NYF Executive Jury will convene in New York City from 27 April – 1 May, concluding with the New York Show awards presentation on 2 May.

    The executive jury evaluates every shortlisted entry selected by the online grand jury, comprised of 400+ international executive creative directors, making it the most diverse jury of any advertising competition in the world.

    New York Festivals will host the 2013 celebration of the World‘s Best Advertising with The New York Show, a two-day series of creative events held at the New York Public Library‘s Beaux-Arts building in New York City. Festivities will be held on 1 and 2 May 2013 and includes the Executive Jury Press Conference, keynote speakers, creative panel discussions, networking events, and exhibits of the shortlisted work. Thursday evening features the 2013 New York Show awards ceremony and after-party to honor the winners in New York style.

    New York Festivals International Advertising Awards receives entries from 70 countries, recognizing work in all media in the following competitions: Avant-Garde, Branded Entertainment, Creative Marketing Effectiveness, Design, Digital, Direct & Collateral, Film, Integrated, Outdoor, Print, Public & Media Relations, Public Service Announcements, Radio, and Student.

    The deadline for the 2013 competition is 27 January 2013, entries received after this date are subject to a 15 per cent rush fee.

     

     

     

  • DDB Worldwide bags Reebok’s global biz

    MUMBAI: Reebok International has appointed DDB Worldwide as its global agency of record (AoR).

    Led by DDB New York, the agency will be responsible for Reebok‘s digital, social and advertising campaigns.

    The media duties of the brand will continue to be handled by Carat. The new relationship will commence with the development of work for 2014.

    DDB Worldwide chief creative officer Amir Kassaei said, “Our partnership with Reebok started in 2009 and we‘re thrilled to work together again. We have an opportunity to redefine the fitness category and we‘re ready to create conversations that move the brand forward.”

    Reebok head of global brand marketing Yan Martin added, “We‘re excited to bring DDB back as our lead creative agency. Amir and his team understand the mission of the Reebok brand. We look forward to collaborating with DDB to deliver our unique territory, powerful message and focused dedication to fitness to consumers around the world.”

  • Omnicom Q2 net up 2.8% to $282.7 mn

    MUMBAI: Global media communications group Omnicom has posted a net profit of $282.7 million for the second-quarter of fiscal 2012. The net profit has rose 2.8 per cent as compared to $275.1 million it witnessed in the year ago period.

    The company saw a 5.4 per cent revenue growth ($1.86 billion) in the domestic market, while its international revenues fell by 1.3 per cent ($1.72 billion) during the quarter. Overall revenue during the quarter increased 2.1 per cent to $3.56 billion (from $3.49 billion in the year ago).

    Omnicom owns BBDO Worldwide and DDB Worldwide agencies. It also acquired a number of firms involved in public relations, licensing or market research to spur growth.

    It made two acquisitions during acquisitions in the second quarter. It took charge of London based communications, public affairs and international affairs consultancy Portland along with another London based agency adam&eve.

  • DDB Worldwide acquires London-based adam&eve

    DDB Worldwide acquires London-based adam&eve

    MUMBAI: Omnicom Group‘s DDB Worldwide has acquired three year old London-based communications agency adam&eve. In a month‘s time, the indie agency will be merged into its parent company and will be rechristened as adam&eve/DDB.

    The indie agency said that it has reached a stage of growth that called for an ability to serve international client briefs. Working with brands like YouTube, Google and John Lewis highlighted the need for a strong network of like-minded agencies and DDB seemed to fit the bill. adam&eve were advised by Clarity (corporate finance), Osborne Clarke (legal) and Kingston Smith W1 (due diligence).

    The agency was founded in 2008 by RKCR/Y&R execs — David Golding, James Murphy and Ben Priest — and Jon Forsyth from Naked. After initial reluctance to sell out, the decision to do so was reached gradually as the people in both businesses got to know each other over almost a year, and realised potential of their combined forces, the company said in a statement.

    The new company will be based at Bishops Bridge Road in London.

    According to a statement issued by DDB Worldwide, post this acquisition adam&eve/DDB will feature in UK‘s top six by revenue and top 10 by UK media billings. The new entity will be an important hub for the DDB Global network providing a combination of entrepreneurial energy and creative flair to client.

    The management committee at adam&eve/DDB will have Stephen Woodord as chairman and Murphy will hold the post of founder CEO. Priest will take on the responsibilities of founder/ECD, Golding will hold the post of founder/chief strategy officer and Forsyth will be founder/chief communications strategy officer. The committee will also include Tribal MD Tom Roberts, ECD Emer Stamp and ECD Ben Tollett. Further announcements about roles in the new agency will be made in due course of time.

    DDB Worldwide president and CEO Chuck Brymer said, “From the first time we met with James, Ben, David and Jon, I knew adam&eve would be a great fit with the DDB culture, with our UK team and our network. Their creativity and success to date fits perfectly with our ambitions for London and adds world-class talent to what is already one of our best offices. Joining the two agencies will further strengthen what has always been a creative powerhouse in the London market and globally.”

    The adam&eve founders said in statement, “It is both an honour and an incredible opportunity to be uniting adam&eve with DDB. We have worked tirelessly with an outstanding team to build a successful and creatively regarded communications agency serving big, blue-chip and respected clients. We intend to continue doing so as we lead adam&eve/DDB into a new period, energised with a sense of entrepreneurial drive and creative energy. Our two agencies share a similar culture, ambition and purpose.”

    DDB UK chairman and CEO Stephen Woodford added, “I am delighted that adam&eve have decided to join forces with DDB. I really like them as people, I‘ve admired their work since the agency started and the fit between our two agencies could not be better in terms of values, talent and clients. Together we will build on the energy and entrepreneurialism of London‘s best start-up, by adding DDB‘s scale of resources and talent, driven by the creative passion that unites both businesses.”

    As a result of the takeover, there may arise potential client conflict issues to resolve such as adam&eve handling departmental store John Lewis and DDB servicing its rival Harvey Nichols. According to the official communiqué from the agency, these issues will be resolved after consulting the clients under confidential conditions.