CHANT CONFIRMED FOR FCB NEW YORK ECD GIG

Following an earlier report on the CB Blog, former Publicis Singapore creative director Rodd Chant has indeed been appointed executive creative director of FCB New York. Aussie expat Chant, who made his creative rep at McCann-Erickson Sydney in the mid nineties, was back home in Sydney for a short break earlier in the year after resigning from Publicis Singapore late last year, where he had been for little over a year. At the time he would only confirm to CB he had a big gig lined up overseas. The FCB New York office is a biggie, with around 100 staffers in the creative department, so it will be by far Chant’s biggest challenge yet.