Dan Ingall returns to China to replace Eric Lee in the managing director role at JWT Shanghai
JWT Asia Pacific has appointed Dan Ingall to the role of Managing Director of JWT Shanghai, replacing Eric Lee who leaves in June after announcing his resignation earlier this month.
Ingall (left) joins from JWT London, where he served as the Global Business Director for Nokia over the past two years. The move marks his third stint in China. He started his career at Grey in Shanghai in 1997, followed by time in Brussels and London handling the P&G account. Ingall moved back to his native Australia in 2003, joining JWT Sydney with account responsibilities including Nestle, Diageo, Unilever and Vodafone. This was followed by stints at M&C Saatchi and Big Red Communications.
In 2007 he returned to China, where he took on the role of Multinational Client Services Director at JWT Beijing, working with Microsoft, Nokia, Carlsberg, Shell and Cadbury before moving to London in 2011.
Eric Lee is leaving the agency with ECD Elvis Chau in June to launch Anomaly in China. JWT Shanghai has already appointed Bill Chan as Chief Creative Officer, replacing Chau.
“Dan has a unique combination of international and local experience, as head of multinational accounts at JWT Beijing and his global Nokia role. He is passionate about China, and he’s deeply committed to building an agency of the future that’s focused on ideas that transcend media, and new models of collaboration,” said Doctoroff.
Ingall, who joins the agency in July, will be supported by senior members of JWT APAC’s leadership team, including Asia Pacific CEO Tom Doctoroff , JWT China Chairman and North Asia ECD Yang Yeo, APAC Creative Council Chairman Lo Sheung Yan and APAC Planning Director Ratan Malli, who are all based in Shanghai, as well as the agency’s strong local management team, including Gerald Hu, GM of JWT Shanghai and George Shi, General Manager of J, JWT Shanghai’s second agency.
“I’m excited about partnering with our local and multi-national clients to realize their business and brand ambitions, and rejoining Tom and the entire team in Shanghai, the city where it all started for me,” said Ingall.