• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, August 1, 2011

Omnicom Friday unveiled a succession plan for Canadian flagship media agency, OMD Canada, naming Cathy Collier CEO to replace Lorraine Hughes, who retired.

Collier joins OMD from Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, where she had been managing director, responsible for the launch of "x"," a connection planning affiliate.

Prior to joining CP+B two years ago, Collier was senior vice president-media director of Cossette Media, where she handled strategic media and communications planning for clients including Nike, Coca-Cola and Bell.