Yesterday, Havas’ media network, MPG North America, officially appointed Charlie Rutman as CEO, overseeing all operations in the U.S. and Canada. Rutman, who was previously the president of Carat USA and EVP at Bates prior to that, will replace James Rose, who left the agency in November. Rutman will begin working at MPG in a few weeks and will be responsible for the performance of Toronto-based MPG/Maxxmedia as well as eleven other U.S.-based MPG offices.
