Carter Murray heading up DraftFCB

DraftFCB Worldwide is calling on an outsider to help it get back on track following a number of high-profile client losses last year.

The agency has hired Carter Murray as its new chief executive.

Murray had been president and chief executive of Y&R, a division of WPP, for the past year. He has also worked for Leo Burnett Worldwide and Publicis Worldwide.

Murray replaces Laurence Boschetto, DraftFCB’s chief executive for the past four years.

Boschetto fell out of favor after DraftFCB lost clients including S.S. Johnson & Son and MillerCoors. He will remain at the agency for a transition period and then become a senior adviser to Interpublic Groups, DraftFCB’s parent company.

The New York Times reports that some candidates identified by Interpublic weren’t even interested in being interviewed.

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