JWT's Search for Chicago President Leads to Krause

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After a four-month search, J. Walter Thompson has landed a president for its Chicago office, naming Publicis New York CEO Barry Krause to the position on Friday.

At press time, Krause was expected to sign a contract with JWT. He was named chairman and CEO of Publicis in New York in September, following the merger of the agency’s Chicago and New York offices. JWT wanted to bring in someone familiar with the Chicago ad landscape, and Krause fits the bill: For more than 10 years he led Publicis Chicago, which had been a Hal Riney & Partners outpost, and before that he spent 15 years at Leo Burnett.

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