James R. Heekin III, Chairman and CEO of Grey Group, today announced the promotion of\u00a0Michael Houston, 43, to Global President of Grey, reporting to Heekin.\u00a0 Houston has served most recently as CEO of Grey North America.<\/p>\n
In his expanded new worldwide leadership role, Houston will work closely with Heekin in the management of Grey’s EMEA,\u00a0Latin America\u00a0and\u00a0Asia-Pacific\u00a0regions, while continuing to oversee North American operations.<\/p>\n
\u00abMichael Houston\u00a0has played a pivotal role in the ongoing success of Grey North America, which just completed its seventh year of record new business and creative performance,\u00bb\u00a0Jim Heekin\u00a0said.\u00a0 \u00abTogether we have built a culture of innovation with the finest talent, integrated offering and a winning spirit second to none.\u00a0 This well-deserved promotion, the next step in our evolution, will enable Michael to extend his proven leadership across our global network in the years ahead.\u00bb<\/p>\n
Michael Houston\u00a0said, \u00abI am energized by, and grateful for, this new challenge and the opportunity to work even more closely with\u00a0Jim Heekin\u00a0and our leaders across the world.\u00a0 As we approach our 100th anniversary, I look forward to capitalizing on our momentum and the tremendous potential and vitality of the Grey brand as we look to the future.\u00bb<\/p>\n
A rise & rise history within Grey, since 2007<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Houston\u00a0joined Grey New York, the global network’s flagship headquarters office, in 2007 as Executive Vice President, Director of Marketing, to lead Grey’s business development and brand marketing efforts.<\/p>\n He was promoted to Global Chief Marketing Officer of Grey worldwide in 2010 in recognition of Grey’s growth. One year later, Houston was promoted to CEO of Grey North America overseeing the\u00a0New York,\u00a0San Francisco and Canadian offices as well as Grey Activation and PR and Wing, the multicultural marketing communications agency.\u00a0 Under his leadership, Grey has won such blue-chip clients as Gillette, Volvo, Hasbro, Papa John’s, Kellogg’s and Marriott and been recognized by\u00a0ADWEEK\u00a0and\u00a0AD AGE\u00a0as \u00abAgency of the Year.\u00bb<\/p>\n 8th year in a row of great performance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2015 was Grey’s eighth year in a row of record new business and creative performance worldwide.\u00a0 The agency’s soaring creative reputation was bolstered with the win of 113 Lions and a record four Grand Prix.\u00a0 Grey North America was named the 2015 Cannes North American Network of the Year and Grey EMEA was named the\u00a02015 Euro\u00a0Effie Agency of the Year.\u00a0 For the second time in three years, Grey was named Adweek’s \u00abGlobal Agency of the Year\u00bb in 2015, citing its \u00abcreative triumphs and robust new business performance.\u00bb<\/p>\n Grey’s recent high-profile new business wins have included: AT&T\/DIRECTV, Emirates Airlines, Pandora Jewelry, Procter & Gamble’s Venus, Braun and the Art of Shaving lines, Motorola and significant assignments from Nestl\u00e9, GSK, Volvo, Best Buy and Vodafone.<\/p>\n Image over the headline.-<\/strong> Michael Houston, Global President of Grey. \u00a9 Grey. Composition, eastwind.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James R. Heekin III, Chairman and CEO of Grey Group, today announced the promotion of\u00a0Michael Houston, 43, to Global President of Grey, reporting to Heekin.\u00a0 Houston has served most recently as CEO of Grey North America. In his expanded new worldwide leadership role, Houston will work closely with Heekin in the management of Grey’s EMEA,\u00a0Latin …<\/p>\n
\nAppointed to the new position of Managing Director of Grey New York in 2011, Houston took on the role of Chief Operating Officer of the 1,000-person strong office in 2012.\u00a0 He was named to the prestigious\u00a0Crain’s New York Business\u00a0\u00ab40 Under 40\u00bb list in 2012.<\/p>\n