Chris Macdonald to resign as McCann's Chairman-CEO

Chris Macdonald, the global chairman and CEO of McCann, has announced that he will be stepping out soon. Macdonald had worked for 18 years with the agency, and iss now planning to return to the UK for personal reasons.

In 2021, he began serving the company as Global CEO.Daryl Lee will become the new Global CEO of McCann.Macdonald said: “After nearly 10 years in the US, it is time to go home. I have loved every minute and am so thankful to all the people I have worked with and am so proud of all we have achieved. I have no doubt that Daryl and his leadership team will drive McCann Worldgroup to even greater success and I will be cheering loudly from the other side of the Atlantic.”Lee has worked with Universal McCann, McCann Erickson, Ogilvy and Mather Advertising