Stephen Drummond moves to Y&R China as chairman

Y&R China has appointed Stephen Drummond, the former creative excellence director at Coca-Cola Asia Pacific, as Y&R China chairman and chief strategy officer, covering the agency's offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.Effective 1 July, Drummond will have a broad leadership remit, focusing on strategy as the foundation behind Y&R's creativity.A creative communications leader with over 25 years’ experience on both client and agency sides, Drummond returns to Y&R after four years with Coca-Cola.As Regional creative excellence director and China IMC director, he led numerous campaigns for all Coca-Cola brands. Notable awards in his time there included Coca-Cola China's first Cannes Grand Prix and the Effie China Grand Prix for the "Coca-Cola Nickname Bottles" campaign.During his previous four-year tenure with Y&R China, agency achievements included major business success for clients Danone, Dell and GAP – the latter named ‘Brand of the Year’ in Asia Pacific.Commenting on the appointment, Matthew Godfrey, president of Y&R Asia, said: “It’s great to welcome Stephen Drummond back to Y&R in China, where his balance of agency- and client-side experience is unparalleled.”Drummond added: “Having started my advertising career as a graduate trainee at Y&R it’s great to be coming home.”