New York – Omnicom Group Inc. has announced the appointment of Tim Love as Chief Executive Officer of Omnicom’s Asia Pacific India Middle East Africa (APIMA) operations, effective July 1.
In his new role Love, who remains a vice chairman of Omnicom Group, succeeds Michael Birkin, Omnicom Group vice chairman and Asia Pacific chairman and CEO, who is leaving to take a majority interest in RPMC, a US based events company with offices in London and Los Angeles.
At the same time, Serge Dumont, is promoted to President, Omnicom APIMA and Chairman Asia Pacific.
Omnicom Group President and CEO John Wren said, “I want to thank Michael for his tremendous contributions to Omnicom while at Interbrand, Diversified Agency Services and most recently as head of Asia Pacific, where his leadership helped build a strong organization. We wish him much success with his new opportunity.”
Love, during his 35-year career, has held senior client relationship positions in the US and abroad. Prior to becoming Vice-Chairman of Omnicom in 2006 he was President of Global Clients at Omnicom network TBWA Worldwide. Before joining TBWA in 2004 he was Vice-Chairman, International at Saatchi & Saatchi.
A lecturer at Oxford’s SAID School of Business and well known for his writings that include “Think like the Sun,” Love said, “I am delighted that I will be working across what are effectively the first 12 time zones in the day. Harnessing our energy and collaboration in these countries will be key to building a truly global economy and I look forward to working with Serge Dumont and the rest of the team.”
