Kevin Allen

Kevin is an experienced global growth leader with a unique blend of holding company credentials, large network agency experience, worldwide account stewardship acumen, a long-standing global business development track record and big brand communications integration know-how.

Kevin joined Lowe Worldwide as Vice Chairman in July 2006. There, he played a pivotal role in the turnaround efforts at Lowe, named Ad Age’s “Turnaround agency of the Year” in 2009. His stewardship saw the expansion of existing client such as Nestle and the addition of global accounts including Sharp, Ericsson, Becks, Electrolux, AEG, Zanussi and emerging global clients like China Mobile.

He spent three years as Chief Growth Officer for the Interpublic Group, creating the first holding company-wide business development and collaboration program.  He led IPG teams to win Computer Associates worldwide and Nokia’s coveted new multimedia N-Series device.  Kevin brought together six IPG companies, co-ordinating them to create a groundbreaking multi-disciplinary solution.

He is a veteran of another IPG agency, McCann Worldgroup, where he was Executive Vice-President and Director of Global Accounts working with such brands as Microsoft, MasterCard, (he led the team that authored the now globally famous “Priceless” campaign), Nestle, L’Oreal and Lufthansa.  Before that he was Director of Corporate Development, creating what is arguably one of the industry’s most envied new business programs.

In these years, Kevin spanned the globe in the pursuit of growth, with dozens of major pitch winners to his credit including, JP Morgan Chase, Marriott, Citigroup, Opel, South African Airways Pfizer, Deutsche Bank, Siemens, Microsoft, Credit Suisse, Winthetur to name a few.

Over the years, his civic contributions have included acting as an adviser to former New York Mayor Giuliani and serving on the board of the AIDS Quilt Names Project foundation.  A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Dowling College, Kevin holds a Certificate in Economics from Queen Mary College, University of London and a MBA from Adelphi University.

Kevin Allen, 23 Berkeley Square, London W1J 6HE
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