Mark Ingrouille to leave McCann Worldgroup

McCann Worldgroup announced today that Mark Ingrouille; Area Director, South East Asia, will be leaving McCann Worldgroup effective end of February 2010, to pursue other opportunities. Ingrouille has been working with McCann Worldgroup for the last ten years in a variety of key roles in Thailand, Singapore and in the Southeast Asia region. To ensure a smooth transition, Ingrouille will continue at McCann Worldgroup working closely with McLaren through February.

Michael McLaren, Regional Director of McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacificsaid “Mark has made a great contribution to our business in the SouthEast Asia region over a long period of time. He has helped us to createthe McCann Worldgroup structure in the region, build our disciplines,and nurture strong client relationships. As we see the marketplacecontinue to evolve, we are going to increasingly focus resources at thelocal market level. We are lucky that we have an excellent managementteam already in place in the region who will be able to keep drivingthe agency forward. We wish Mark all the best in his future endeavors. “

Monica White, Managing Director McCann Thailand, will continue to leadthe business in Thailand in her current role. Tony Savarimuthu, CEO ofMcCann Malaysia, will also oversee Singapore in an interim capacity inadvance of the announcement of a permanent successor in the nearfuture. The role of South East Asia Area Director will not be replacedand the Agency managers in the Area will now report directly intoMcLaren.