Spellacy Joins Hill, Holliday

Michael Spellacy has joined Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos as evp, strategic consulting and business planning, succeeding Rob Scalea, who left in May to build a consulting practice at J. Walter Thompson, New York.

Spellacy previously was a managing director at technology consultancy Scient and has held posts at Hill, Holliday client PricewaterhouseCoopers. The immediate goal is to provide Hill, Holliday with “a vehicle to deepen and extend client relationships” with key financial companies such as FleetBoston Financial—the shop’s largest account—and John Hancock Financial Services, Spellacy said.

He oversees a 10-person department, reporting to agency president Mike Sheehan.