Dillon Returns To Run McCann In N. America

After globe-trotting around McCann’s foreign offices, Donald Dillon is coming home. The chairman of McCann Spain and area director of Eastern Europe is returning to New York to replace James Heekin as chief executive of North America.
“This is my home. I know the business here,” said Dillon. “You can take the boy out of New York, but it really is ingrained in my soul. I think what I’ve done is bring a sort of New York attitude overseas.”
Dillon, 53, joined McCann in New York in 1976 and later held top posts in the Philippines, Japan and Spain.
“I think an agency works best when the key managers and the creative directors can finish each other’s sentences,” said Dillon, who will lead the agency’s flagship New York office.
“He loves advertising, the creative process and also has a great sense of humor, a light touch, and is able to inspire people,” said...