CLOSE-UP: NEWSMAKER/WILLIAM ECCLESHARE - Ad stalwart returns to the industry he knows best. William Eccleshare has a hard task marrying Y&R's networks

JENNY WATTS, Campaign, 02 August 2002, 12:00AM

When the news broke that William Eccleshare is to leave McKinsey & Company to return to the advertising fold at Young & Rubicam, barely anyone batted an eyelid. The Soho grapevine has done its job well over the past year or so - making it no secret that the former Ammirati Puris Lintas chairman was interested in a return to the industry.

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