Kevin Allen Joins Lowe Worldwide as Vice Chairman

In his new London-based role, Allen will work closely withWorldwide CEO, Steve Gatfield and Worldwide Chairman, Tony Wright.

Allen joins from Interpublic sister agency McCann Worldgroup,where he was most recently Executive Vice President, WorldwideDirector of Global Accounts. For the previous two years he was ChiefGrowth Officer for the Interpublic Group. Before that, Allen served asEVP, Director of Corporate Development at McCann Worldgroup. In allthree positions Allen was responsible for spearheading multinationalnew business initiatives as well as championing integrated marketingcampaigns to key global clients.

During his time at McCann Worldgroup, Allen led the teamresponsible for a number of global new business wins includingMasterCard, Siemens, Microsoft Europe and Lufthansa. He wasresponsible for the cross-discipline servicing of multinationalaccounts like L'Oreal, GM, Unilever and Nestle.

In 2005 he was seconded to Lowe as part of the pitch teamresponsible for landing the Nokia account. Allen coordinated fourInterpublic companies to provide a multi-disciplinary communicationsprogram for Nokia.

Active in several civic causes, Allen served as an advisor to NewYork City's Mayor Rudy Giuliani as part of his election team.

Steve Gatfield, CEO of Lowe Worldwide said, "Kevin has a proventrack record within Interpublic and its agencies. We worked closely onnew design and delivery of ideas and multi-channel solutions when wewere both at Interpublic in New York. I have no doubt that Kevin willmake a major contribution to the Lowe global leadership team. He willbring his vitality and expertise to harnessing our deep reservoir oftalent around the re-invigorated, re-focused, Lowe network."

Kevin Allen said, "This is an exciting time for Lowe. Lowe has aproven track record of producing high value ideas for its clientsacross multi-disciplinary platforms. Lowe is well placed for futuregrowth and I am thrilled to be working there once again."

About Interpublic

Interpublic is one of the world's leading organizations ofadvertising agencies and marketing services companies. Major globalbrands include Draft, Foote Cone & Belding Worldwide, FutureBrand,GolinHarris International, Initiative, Jack Morton Worldwide, LoweWorldwide, MAGNA Global, McCann Erickson, Momentum, MRM, Octagon,Universal McCann and Weber Shandwick. Leading domestic brands includeCampbell-Ewald, Carmichael Lynch, Deutsch, Hill Holliday, Mullen andThe Martin Agency.