McCann Worldgroup promoted Chris Macdonald, formerly president of its New York office, to the role of president of North America. In the expanded role, Macdonald will continue running the New York office, while also leading the North America group that includes Casanova//McCann, McCann Detroit, twofifteenmccann San Francisco, McCann Minneapolis and MacLaren McCann Canada.
“Chris has done an outstanding job leading New York,” said McCann Worldgroup chairman and CEO Harris Diamond. “In his new role, Chris will bring the same proactive, client-focused growth approach to our North American team with an emphasis on strengthening our integrated creative, strategic and omni-platform capabilities.”
Macdonald has served as president, McCann New York for the past three years, during which time the agency has added clients such as New York State Lottery, Reckitt Benckiser, Choice Hotels, MGM Resorts, and State Street Advisors.
He moved across the pond to accept the position with McCann New York in July of 2013 from McCann London, where he served as chairman and CEO. He originally joined McCann London as a client services director in 2005 and was promoted to a role as managing director the following year, eventually working his way up to CEO. Before joining McCann, he spent five years as a managing partner with RKCR/Y&R. That followed four years as associate director with Lowe Howard-Spink and three as head of account management at Publicis.