About me
Mike’s entrepreneurial career spans multiple geographies, brand cultures and marketing disciplines.
He has lived and worked in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, Portland and Singapore, managing operations and clients for the world’s top agency networks, including McCann-Erickson WorldGroup, Wieden+Kennedy, TBWA\Worldwide, Grey Group, Project:WorldWide, and Starcom MediaVest Group.
His extensive global brand experience includes Nike, Coca-Cola, American Express, Nissan, Gillette, P&G, Tiffany, Nabisco, Del Monte, Ermenegildo Zegna, Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart, Gucci, UPS, Nestlé, Hitachi, L’Oréal, Goodyear, Mattel, and many other Fortune 500 companies.
Mike’s most recent appointment as Chairman & CEO of Havas Group, APAC leverages his unique 360-degree experience, so as to drive accelerated
growth as well as expansion of the global Havas ‘Village’ concept across all 19 countries in the region. He is a native of Scotland, a graduate of Stirling University, holds UK & Swiss passports, and is a Permanent Resident of Singapore.
When not helping clients grow their business, he tries to keep pace with his two very energetic teenage children.
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Mike has lived and worked in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, Portland, and Singapore, managing operations and clients for top advertising agency networks including McCann-Erickson, Wieden + Kennedy, TBWA\Worldwide, and Grey Group.
During his four-year tenure as Chairman & CEO for APAC at Grey Group, Mike led an extensive portfolio of marketing communications companies across 17 countries in the region. He also led the integration of Grey Group Asia Pacific into WPP, who acquired the business in 2005.