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As the new head of a fairly stable office within the troubled Young & Rubicam empire, Kary McIlwain has no plans for major change at Y&R Chicago.
“The ship is pointed in the right direction, toward growth, and keeping good people,” said McIlwain, who last week was named president and chief operating officer of Y&R Chicago.
McIlwain takes over from Howard Breen, who was named the Chicago shop’s chairman and director of mergers and acquisitions for Y&R North America.
Breen, an Ontario native who headed up Y&R’s Canadian operations before coming to the Chicago office as president in 1999, will remain in Chicago.
McIlwain is a 12-year veteran of the agency and was Y&R’s executive vice president and managing director.
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