Pearce Exits McCann for Ogilvy

NEW YORK Simon Pearce has left his position as managing director at the Interpublic Group’s McCann-Erickson to join Ogilvy & Mather as senior partner, executive group director, with responsibility for the agency’s domestic and international SAB Miller business.

Pearce, 38, will be based in New York and will report to Rick Roth, worldwide managing director and president of Ogilvy, Los Angeles. In the U.S., Ogilvy handles a number of assignments for SAB Miller, including Miller Lite, Miller Genuine Draft and Pilsner Urquell.