Rooney Leaving O&M

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CHICAGO — Veteran marketer Jack Rooney, who heads the BP global retail business at Ogilvy & Mather here, is set to leave the agency for GMR Marketing, an Omnicom Group-owned sports and event marketer, a GMR executive confirmed.

Rooney will join GMR, New Berlin, Wis., in a newly created top client position, in mid-February, according to sources. GMR’s CEO, Gary Reynolds, confirmed Rooney was joining the company but declined further comment. An Ogilvy representative declined comment.

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