Nick Handel elevated to regional managing director MRM//McCann Asia Pacific

MRM//McCann Singapore has promoted Nick Handel to Regional Managing Director, MRM//McCann, Asia Pacific.

Handel (pictured) has been with McCann Worldgroup for nearly a decade, first as Managing Director of MRM//McCann Singapore and then as CEO of McCann Worldgroup, Singapore. Under his leadership, the Singapore office has achieved notable growth and industry recognition, including being named Singapore’s Digital Agency of the Year at the Campaign Asia-Pacific Awards, Singapore’s CRM Agency of the Year at the Marketing Magazine Agency of the Year Awards and Southeast Asia’s Integrated Agency of the Year at the Campaign Asia-Pacific Awards. Prior to joining McCann Worldgroup, he was Regional Director of Digital for Leo Burnett Asia Pacific.

“With APAC digital spend projected to grow by 17% this year, and with unprecedented demand for our core competencies of creativity, data and technology, we enter 2019 confident of being able to fulfil our mission of being Asia’s leading customer relationship agency, by helping brands grow meaningful relationships with people”, said Handel.

Kate MacNevin, Global Chief Executive Officer of MRM//McCann, remarked, “Nick has a proven track record in building one of the most successful teams in our MRM//McCann network. He is absolutely the right person for our continued expansion in Asia Pacific and I am excited to see what the year will bring.”

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