Man from Mars lands Kodak at Ogilvy; Grey executive leaves for new agency, account.(Brief Article)

Advertising Age, July, 2000 by Linnett, Richard

Mike Hemingway, global director on the Mars account at Grey Advertising Worldwide in London, has joined Ogilvy & Mather in New York as worldwide account director on the $300 million international Eastman Kodak Co. account.

Mr. Hemingway succeeds Mike Schumacher, who was the managing supervisor on Kodak. Mr. Schumacher is being transferred to San Francisco to open a satellite Ogilvy office.

"I've moved here, just me and my laundry really," said Mr. Hemingway, 48, who was an integral part of the pitch that won Mars five years ago for Grey and who most recently helped the agency win Mars' Twix assignment. He also was European director for the launch of Procter & Gamble Co.'s Pantene.

"[Mr. Hemingway] is an accomplished globalist with the...

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