Stephen Allan
seasonal greetings
FROM OUR GLOBAL LEADERS
WORLDWIDE CHAIRMAN | CEO
What has been your highlight of 2017?
Without doubt it was our Project Fightback. It was inspiring the see the energy and determination from every corner of our network, which resulted in our most successful year (ever) of new business.
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
With family and friends in Florida. We now live in an 'always on' immediately responsive world, so the holiday week is a great opportunity to move out the fast lane for a few days....without feeling guilty.
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What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
I hope that all our clients can look back on a successful 2017 and find with us learnings that will make 2018 even better. Let's all find time to enjoy the holiday period with our loved ones in happiness and good health. There is no present like the time.
What has been your highlight of 2017?
I have two highlights from this year. The first was launching our global Mosaic management development programme across 98 markets and the second was working with our new Richemont teams to transition the business to MediaCom.
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
I will be spending the festive period at home with my family, friends, dogs, and horses.
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What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
Merry Christmas to you and your families from all of us in the MediaCom People Team.
Fernando Silva
CEO LATAM
Helen Brown
GLOBAL CHIEF HR AND TALENT OFFICER
What has been your highlight of 2017?
My highlight this year was the AB InBev pitch. It was a process that not only united the entire LatAm region but also the global network. It showed the real One MediaCom spirit, where we are all connected and worked together in order to produce the best possible outcome. Six months and many trips later, we were chosen as the winning agency in LatAm, and that was a very gratifying feeling for the entire team!
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
After 7-8 months of organising a lovely holiday season in Australia and New Zealand, where we were planning to spend 21 days and get to know the nicest places in both Australia and New Zealand, my wife and I learned that we are expecting a baby for March 19th, 2018. We had to make last minute changes to our plans since she won´t be able to fly 16 hours with a 7 month pregnancy. We changed for a more RELAXED and easy plan, which is spending 15 days in Jose Ignacio (Uruguay) during January 2018.
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What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
All the best for 2018! From MediaCom LatAm we hope we continue to grow together with our clients and keep creating successful brands.
2017 was a great year and I believe 2018 will be an even better one!
Mark Heap
CEO APAC
What has been your highlight of 2017?
I am immensely proud of how far we have come this year and the success of Project Fightback. Having everyone unified has shown what great things we can achieve working together as One MediaCom.
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
I can’t wait to take off to Japan for a snowboarding holiday. Japan is really beautiful and it will be some nice downtime for my family and me.
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What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
I am looking forward to more shared success in 2018! Have a wonderful and safe holiday everyone. See you next year.
What has been your highlight of 2017?
The highlight for me this year was watching how we have bounced back from losing VW globally, regionally and locally. I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved in 12 months.
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
Not travelling! I’m looking forward to staying home and spending some time with the family.
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What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
I hope you all have a great break over the holiday season and look forward to seeing you all in the new year.
We’ve got great things to come.
Toby Jenner
WORLDWIDE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
Matt Mee
GLOBAL CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
What has been your highlight of 2017?
I have two highlights from 2017. The first being watching LCD Soundsystem at Alexandra Palace. That was just amazing. The second was launching Systems Planner. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into that and we are really proud of the result.
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
Building up to Christmas, I will be researching how to make the perfect nut roast and hopefully everyone will enjoy it on the day.
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Deidre McGlashan
GLOBAL CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER
What has been your highlight of 2017?
I flippantly declared this the #yearoffriends on New Year’s Day because I spent NYE with old friends that I hadn’t seen in over 15 years... and it came true! This year, I have made new friends, deepened relationships with old ones and had fun adventures with them, most definitely my highlights of 2017.
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
With my family in San Francisco.
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What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
Wishing you, your family and friends much health, happiness and luck in 2018!
Nick Lawson
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
I'm really looking forward to spending the holidays with my family and watching Watford FC (my football team) win more matches over the seasonal break.
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What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
I’d like to wish everyone a happy holiday and a much-needed restful break.
What has been your highlight of 2017?
I am so proud of the amount of local new business we have won across EMEA. It really demonstrates everyone’s dedication and commitment to Project Fight Back and what we can achieve when we unite together.
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CEO EMEA
Sasha Savic
CEO USA
What has been your highlight of 2017?
2017 was another year of major change. New technologies and consumer trends are challenging marketers around the world, and we must not only respond but help light the way. None of this is easy, but I am so impressed this year by the optimism of our people and their willingness to learn, lead and move forward with fresh, strategic ideas.
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How will you be spending the holiday season?
I will spend time with my family, sleep, read, fish and think about 2018 (not all at once, of course).
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What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
Let’s make 2018 an awesome year together! Happy Holidays!
What other personal messages or well wishes would you like to share with clients?
Thanks to everyone who helped contribute to our success this year. I hope that you have a peaceful Christmas and a prosperous 2018.