Omnicom Group has named Gary VonKennel chairman and CEO of direct marketing shop Rapp Collins Worldwide.
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Gary VonKennel |
He replaces Malcolm Speed, 52, who is retiring. VonKennel, 55, had been chairman of Omnicom's promo shop Tracy Locke Partnership, Dallas, and president and CEO of U.S. Marketing & Promotions, Torrance, CA, also an Omnicom shop.
VonKennel founded Promotional Services Group in 1981 as part of the original Tracy-Locke agency.