Saatchi's Sheehan Joins Team One

The Agency’s Australia CEO Will Head Up the Lexus Account
LOS ANGELES–Saatchi & Saatchi is moving the leader of its Sydney, Australia, office to the U.S. to take the reigns on Toyota’s Lexus account at Team One Advertising.
Brian Sheehan, 38, chief executive at Saatchi & Saatchi Australia, will join Team One, El Segundo, Calif., as co-chairman and chief executive officer effective Sept. 1. Sheehan replaces Leonard Pearlstein, who is leaving to re-establish his own shop, the Pearlstein Group [Adweek, July 19].
“Brian was our preferred candidate right from the beginning and we did review three or four” others both inside and outside of Saatchi, said Jennifer Laing, chairman and chief executive officer of Saatchi North America.