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Gary has been Chief Operating Officer of Ogilvy North America since January, 2000 and in the Office of the Chairman since January, 2006. Ogilvy North America includes the advertising businesses, Ogilvy One, Eicoff, Lacek, 141 North America, Ogilvy Healthworld and Ogilvy Public Relations. He shares the Office of the Chairman with Bill Gray and Carla Hendra who are co-CEOs of the region. Gary began his business career in Canada and became a Chartered Accountant in 1974. He would become CFO of Pepsi Canada in 1984 and CFO of Standard Broadcasting in 1986. He joined Ogilvy in 1988 also in Canada and became its Vice Chairman. He moved to New York to join the Ogilvy New York office in 1993. Gary also served as CFO of Y&R Worldwide in 1999. Gary also taught accounting at the University of Toronto. He sits on a number of committees of the AAAA and has helped write several publications on agency compensation. He has also been involved with joint initiatives between AAAA and ANA to improve commercial dealings between agency and client organizations. He has spoken publicly at the annual ANA conferences and other events on the financial relationships between clients and their agencies. | 