Six Questions for DraftFCB’s New CEO Carter Murray
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Carter Murray was hired as DraftFCB’s new CEO in March, but has been sitting on the sidelines for the past six months, thanks to a previous employment contract at WPP’s Y&R.
As of this week, Mr. Murray — who previously spent a combined dozen years at Publicis Groupe’s Leo Burnett and Publicis — has officially started in the post. And all eyes are on him to see what changes he’ll make at the Interpublic Group of Cos. network, one of the holding company’s biggest and most important assets.
He doesn’t seem to be wasting any time making his presence felt throughout the network, by making senior appointments and meeting with key clients. Mr. Murray today named Jonathan Harries — who was planning on leaving DraftFCB at the end of the year — the agency’s global chief creative officer, a reprisal of the role for Mr. Harries. He also named Elyssa Phillips, exec VP-worldwide creative manager, the agency’s chief of staff.
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