Famed ad agency network DDB’s week-old global CEO Marty O’Halloran is an Australian with grand plans to shake up the DDB world. Here’s how he’s going to do it

Within days of DDB Australia and New Zealand chairman and CEO Marty O’Halloran landing the global CEO role last week, he made a radical move to appoint a black, data-led CEO, Justin Thomas-Copeland, to the North American advertising institution. In this conversation, O’Halloran admits it’s a signal for the DDB world that he will shake things up. John Wren, the boss of DDB’s giant NY-listed parent company Omnicom, says if O’Halloran can replicate the performance of the Australian and New Zealand group internationally, they’re going to “have a great time together”. Here’s what the low-profile O'Halloran says he’s going to do.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.