ANNUAL REPORT
Michel Frappier, AOCA
Michel Frappier is Chair of the Advertising Review Board of Ontario. Prior to this role, he worked around the world in senior executive roles with the JWT advertising agency, returning in 1986 to assume the position of CEO of the Foster Agency and President of McCann Foster in Toronto.In the early 1990s, Frappier joined Thomson Newspapers, North America as Senior Vice-President, New Products Development and Marketing. He came back to his love of advertising and design when he joined MDC Partners as President of its Communications Group and created a group of thriving advertising, public relations and branding agencies in Canada and the United States. Frappier acquired Desgrippes Gobé and Associates, a multinational branding and package design group with offices in New York, Paris, Brussels, Tokyo and Seoul. Based on the success of the expansion, he opened offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He later left operations and participated as a senior board member. Frappier cites the knowledge he acquired during his studies at OCAD University as serving him well in his career.
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