Getting “Spontaneously Candid” with Bill Kolb, Chairman & CEO, McCann Worldgroup

Embrace uncertainty rather than avoid it, says Bill Kolb, Chairman & CEO, McCann Worldgroup. Throughout his successful career, Bill’s found that fear and uncertainty are the great equalizers…all of us have it, including the most successful leaders. 

Surprising words from someone with career like Bill’s. Taking the helm as Chairman & CEO of McCann Worldgroup at the beginning of 2021, Bill has spent his career building brands and businesses from the ground up. Previously Chief Operating Officer of the network and before that Global President, Bill’s long and successful history within McCann spans over two decades working worked with both large and entrepreneurial companies, and with multinational clients including GM, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Merck and Anheuser-Busch. 

His vision has led both Commonwealth//McCann and MRM to great success winning both client and industry award. In 2020, for the first time, five MRM agencies were named in WARC’s top 40 effective digital agencies listing, as part of WARC’s global Effective 100 ranking. MRM has been recognized with some of the industry’s highest accolades, including being designated for four consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) as a “Leader” in Gartner Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies. The agency was named Ad Age’s B-to-B Agency of the Year in 2018 and as the Top Large Agency of the Year at the Digital Analytics Association’s Quantities.

How did he get there? Who is the person sitting behind the executive desk? Find out in our inaugural episode of “Spontaneously Candid.”