Asia-Pacific Leader Miles Young to Assume Post 

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- After more than a decade at the helm of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Chairman-CEO Shelly Lazarus today announced a succession plan internally that will place Miles Young, chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Asia-Pacific, into the global CEO seat effective Jan. 1, 2009, according to executives familiar with the matter. Ms. Lazarus will retain her title as chairman of the Ogilvy Group. Details to come at http://AdAge.com -- Rupal Parekh

Will the real Miles Young please stand up? 

http://www.milesyoung.com    Wow! He's young for this job. http://www.ogilvy.com/company/board/young.html  http://www.amazon.com/70-Miles-Young-Chuck-Mangione/dp/B00009WVF4From the Ogilvy site...Miles Young's career in advertising has spanned Lintas, Allen Brady & Marsh and Ogilvy & Mather, which he joined in 1983. He was educated at Bedford School and also at New College, Oxford, where he took a first class degree in Modern History.