FCB's S.F. President, CEO Resigns

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SAN FRANCISCO The president and CEO of Interpublic Group’s Foote, Cone & Belding here resigned today.

Ian Beavis, 50, who had been at the San Francisco office since September 2001, said the resignation officially takes effect March 31.

Beavis emphatically denied that his resignation had anything to do with the office’s loss of the $125 million California Lottery account. FCB was disqualified from the review two weeks ago because it faxed its final documents instead of hand delivering them.

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