• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, April 20, 2021

Meghan Grant has joined Havas Media Group as Chief Strategy Officer.

Grant, who will be based in New York and reports to Global CEO Peter Mears, joins from Publicis Media, where she was executive vice president-strategy.

Prior to that, she held senior roles at Publicis Media's Zenith, Omnicom's OMD, and Interpublic's MullenLowe.

Grant serves on Havas Media Group's North American executive leadership team.

In a statement, Mears described her as a "sleeves rolled-up strategist."

Grant succeeds Greg James, who was promoted to Global Chief Strategy Officer in 2018, but had contineud to serve as North American Chief Strategy Officer until Grant's appointment.