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Draftfcb looked all the way to Sydney, Australia, to fill its top creative job in New York.
The Interpublic Group shop’s new chief creative officer is Michael Simons. He had served as executive creative director of Draftfcb’s Asia-Pacific region since mid-2007. Simons, 50, had previously been ecd of the Sydney office since 1998. Before that, he was a cd on Nike at independent Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, Ore.
In New York, Simons succeeds Chris Becker, who had led the 130-person creative department since 2000.
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