Omnicom PR's Asia-Pacific lineup takes shape

A number of agency leaders from FleishmanHillard, Golin and Weber Shandwick have taken on newly-created roles at Omnicom PR, after the group installed a new structure led by Joanne Wong as Asia-Pacific CEO and local market leaders across the region.

As revealed by Earned First, Omnicom PR will be led by Weber Shandwick leaders Elizabeth Bae and Carolyn Devanayagam in Korea and Singapore, respectively. In China, Hong Kong and Japan, three of the key markets where OPR owns multiple agency brands, Yisi Liu (FH/China), Carol Yeung (Golin/HK) and Ryo Kanayama (FH/Japan) will take on the top OPR jobs.

Those decisions eliminated local market agency leadership roles for several existing executives, many of whom have now taken on new positions within Omnicom PR. The appointments were confirmed by an internal memo distributed by Wong earlier this week, after Omnicom PR CEO Chris Foster told Earned First that discussions were underway about new roles.