McCann moves John Mescall to global ECD role

John Mescall has been named the global executive creative director of McCann, as the agency looks to strengthen its creative offering across the globe.

The move comes just a week after Pat Baron, the creative director on the multi-award winning Dumb Ways to Die, was made ECD of the Melbourne office, after Dejan Rasic had been hired to the same role in Sydney, with Mescall as Australia ECD.

This  triggered speculation Mescall would move to a wider role within the McCann group, but when approached for comment Charles Cadell, president of McCann Asia Pacific, said there were “no plans” to move him to a regional role.