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resigned in April, taking much of the wider industry by surprise. Also departing Y&R, where he was interim CEO, were Ghossoub’s daughter Nadine, who was Y&R’s managing director and Shahir Ahmed, the agency’s chief creative officer. It was unclear why Ghossoub, one of the region’s most powerful and influential admen, stepped down. WPP’s director for the Middle East and North Africa region, Roy Haddad, oversaw the position until a replacement was found. leadership, with his full remit being to oversee all of Y&R’s operations in the region, including the Intermarkets, Classic Partnership and Labstore agencies. He was previously the group head of marketing and communication for Bank Audi in Lebanon. The exodus from JWT Dubai included that of the former regional creative director at JWT, who joined independent agency Nomads as executive creative director. Many others joined too. “We’re striking the right chord at the moment and we’re moving people from our own offices but we’re also bringing in new people who have real experience of Dubai and the region,” said Hans Howarth, the agency’s founder and CEO. “You have to have that combination to survive here.” August. Although his role as head of creative agencies has existed in other markets for a number of years, it was a first for the region with Google looking to build relationships with creative agencies in the same way it has done with media agencies. Grey Group MENA, which has had something of a low profile over the past few years, appointed

as its chief creative officer in July. Based in Dubai, Shackle filled the position left vacant by the departure of Marc Chalhoub, who had been appointed as the agency’s chief creative officer in March 2012. Prior to joining Grey Shackle was the executive creative director at gyro London.