- Devika Bulchandani has been promoted from McCann New York President to the president of McCann North America
Devika Bulchandani has been promoted from McCann New York President to president of McCann North America. Bulchandani is going to retain her current leadership role while also gaining more responsibilities across all of the U.S. and Canada.
Going forward, she will now oversee 1,500 employees across McCann agency offices in Detroit, Minneapolis, San Francisco along with Casanova//McCann in Los Angeles and McCann Worldgroup Canada — which has offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver. Currently, the New York office has 700 employees.
“Devika is respected not just among our clients and industry partners, but across our organization for her relentless drive, determination and focus on finding creative solutions that impact our clients’ businesses,” said McCann’s global president of Advertising & Allied Agencies Chris Macdonald via AdAge.
Macdonald was previously the president of McCann North America until he was promoted to the global president of Advertising & Allied Agencies.
Bulchandani originally joined McCann in 1997. And she was promoted to president of New York from managing director of the agency in 2017. While switching to that role, she gave up the position as president of McCann XBC — which is McCann Worldgroup’s dedicated agency for Mastercard. Bulchandani also previously worked as chief strategy officer of McCann New York before becoming a managing director.
While working as the president of New York in 2017, Bulchandani oversaw the launch of the “Fearless Girl” statue on Wall Street for State Street Global Advisors. State Street Global Advisors commissioned the statue to encourage its clients to increase the number of women on their corporate boards in conjunction with International Women’s Day (March 8).
“Devika has demonstrated in her New York leadership role that she has the vision and energy to drive multiplatform growth and creativity on behalf of our clients,” explained McCann Worldgroup chairman & chief executive officer Harris Diamond. “Under her stewardship over the last couple of years, McCann New York has become one of the industry’s most recognized agency offices globally for creativity, effectiveness and business growth.”
