Omnicom Names Troy Ruhanen CEO of TBWA Worldwide

Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) President and CEO John Wren announced Wednesday the appointment of Troy Ruhanen as President and CEO of TBWA Worldwide.

Ruhanen succeeds Tom Carroll who will continue as Chairman of TBWA Group. Jean-Marie Dru will continue to serve as Chairman, TBWA Agency Network.

“At Omnicom, we place considerable emphasis on succession planning, and Tom and I have long agreed that Troy Ruhanen would be the right person to take the helm of TBWA,” said Wren.

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Ruhanen joins TBWA from parent company, Omnicom Group, where he was responsible for driving cross-agency collaboration for Omnicom’s clients.

Prior to this, Ruhanen held multiple senior management positions at Omnicom Group agencies, including Chairman and CEO, the Americas, BBDO Worldwide.

In that role, he managed BBDO’s operations in North and South America including the Proximity direct, digital and CRM agency network.

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Previous posts at BBDO include Deputy Chairman, North America and Managing Director, New York.

“The opportunity to lead TBWA is a great honor because of the deep rooted creative culture and its unique strategic method in disruption,” stated Ruhanen (pictured above).

TBWA Worldwide is a global advertising network.