I am responsible for the Sub-Saharan Africa Region for McCann Worldgroup. Currently this is made up of 36 Affiliate Offices and 1 Owned Office. Our Regional Hub and Central Team is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We have 5 additional Hubs managing the diversity that is Africa. Cote d'Ivoire which manages Francophone, Nigeria which manages Anglo West Africa, Kenya which manages Anglo East Africa, Angola which manages Lusophone and Mauritius which manages the Indian Ocean Islands.
I am the CEO of McCann Worldgroup South Africa which comprises McCann Johannesburg (Brand and Digital Agency), UM (Media Strategy, Planning, Buying and Digital Media Agency), McCann Health (Healthcare Specialist Communications Agency), Craft (Specialist Production Studio) and Weber Shandwick (Public Relations and Social Media Agency)
I ran the Group in South Africa from January 2008 till November 2010. The Group consisted of Y&R (Johannesburg, Cape Town & Durban), Wunderman South Africa, AquaOnline, Base2 and GAP Studios.