NEW YORK, May 7, 2019 /CNW/ -- (NASDAQ:
MDCA) – MDC Partners Inc. today announced two key
appointments to the company's executive team. Frank Lanuto, a financial leader with
significant advertising holding company experience, will take on
the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Offer,
based in New York, and is expected
to start during the second quarter. Jonathan Mirsky, an experienced corporate
attorney, has been named Executive Vice President and General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and will be based in Washington, D.C., starting on June 17. Lanuto and Mirsky will both report
to Chairman and CEO Mark Penn.
In order to ensure an effective and smooth transition, outgoing CFO
David Doft and General Counsel
Mitch Gendel will remain with the
company over the coming months.
"MDC Partners is well positioned for future growth, with
incredible agencies, top talent and a promising future," said Penn.
"Our corporate team's immediate priority will be to operationalize
the centralization of resources and services, in order to empower
our remarkable talent and fuel our growth ambitions. Frank and
Jonathan both come to MDC with the deep and relevant experience
necessary to help us build a more successful future for our talent,
partners and shareholders."
Penn added, "We are extremely grateful to David and to Mitch,
who have both been integral to the building of MDC Partners into
the remarkable network it is today, as well as to ensuring the
company's firm footing, for us to thrive going forward."
Lanuto will oversee all financial operations of the holding
company. He joins MDC Partners with significant public company
accounting and financial expertise as well as advertising and
marketing agency experience, having worked with Interpublic,
Publicis and Omnicom. Most recently, he was Vice President,
Corporate Controller at Movado Group, Inc., the $600 million global luxury and fashion consumer
goods company, where he successfully acquired and integrated
entities in three markets. Prior to joining Movado Group, he served
as Chief Financial Officer at Ranstad USA, a $2
billion professional staffing and talent management company.
Previously, Lanuto spent over 15 years overseeing global financial
functions and operations activities in the advertising, marketing
and media services industries, most recently serving as Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Initiative Media
Worldwide, a $400 million division of
Interpublic Group. He also led Publicis Healthcare Communications
as Chief Financial Officer, after integrating the acquisition of
Bcom3 Group, Inc., and he served as the Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer of Rapp Collins Worldwide in New York, part of Omnicom.
"This is an exciting time for MDC Partners, and I look forward
to applying my finance and operating experience with advertising
agencies to the company's next phase of growth," said Lanuto. "I
see tremendous potential to build on the network's success and I am
eager to support MDC's impressive agencies in taking advantage of
the significant opportunities ahead."
General Counsel Jonathan Mirsky
is a seasoned corporate attorney with deep expertise in complex
corporate transactions. He frequently serves as lead counsel
for structuring private equity and private company strategic
mergers and acquisitions, and regularly represents clients in
digital media, marketing, public relations, technology, and
telecommunications. His experience encompasses commercial
agreements, regulatory innovation, regulatory compliance, dispute
resolution and intellectual property. Mirsky is a partner at
Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis
LLP in Washington, D.C., a law
firm he co-founded in 1998. Previously, he was an associate in the
Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson
Dunn & Crutcher and Covington & Burling. Mirsky served as a
judicial clerk for the Honorable Ralph K. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit in New York. A
graduate of Yale Law School, Mirsky is a member of the bars of the
District of Columbia, New York,
and Maryland.
"MDC Partners is a best-in-class organization, uniquely
positioned to grow and thrive now and in the coming years," added
Mirsky. "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to
that success, and to apply my experience to MDC as we lead through
a time of industry evolution."
About MDC Partners Inc.
MDC Partners is one of the most influential marketing and
communications networks in the world. As "The Place Where Great
Talent Lives," MDC Partners is celebrated for its innovative
advertising, public relations, branding, digital, social and event
marketing agency partners, which are responsible for some of the
most memorable and effective campaigns for the world's most
respected brands. By leveraging technology, data analytics,
insights and strategic consulting solutions, MDC Partners drives
creative excellence, business growth and measurable return on
marketing investment for over 1,700 clients worldwide. For more
information about MDC Partners and its partner firms, visit our
website at www.mdc-partners.com and follow us on Twitter
at http://www.twitter.com/mdcpartners.
CONTACT:
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Alexandra Delanghe
Ewing
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Chief Communications
Officer
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646-429-1845
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adelanghe@mdc-partners.com
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