Mitchell moved to TBWAChiatDay in New York from the Los Angeles office as the worldwide managing director on the Mars Inc. business in June 2006. A year later, he was named president of TBWA New York. His ad career began in 1987 at Young & Rubicam in Australia, where he was an account executive. Over the next 13 years, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Y&R offices throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
MRM Worldwide in New York has more than 300 staffers and handles accounts including Microsoft, Intel, GM, Verizon, Mastercard, ExxonMobil, Nikon, Unilever and Kohl's.
--Tanya Irwin