Franco Moretti named new President of ADC*E

Buone notizie!

Franco Moretti, Vice Chairman and Group Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett Italy, been named the President of the Art Director’s Club of Europe (ADC*E). If you're unfamiliar with ADC*E, get to know them - basically, the winners here are the creme de la creme of Europe.

A long-time board member of the ADCE and president of the ADCI from 1995-1998, Moretti began his successful career in Advertising in Australia, shortly after finishing his Architecture degree in Italy. Having made his way through three agencies and developing from Art Director to Creative Director, he moved to London in 1970 to join Brunnings as Creative Group Head. In 1973 he returned to Italy to join McCann-Erickson in Milan as Senior Art Director Group Head. In 1979 he moved to New York to found Coca Cola’s International Creative Team. Returning to Italy in 1984, he became Executive Creative Director and Vice President for McCann Italy, which was followed by his appointment in 1990 as Senior Vice President of McCann Worldwide and European Creative Director.

In 1996 he joined Leo Burnett Italy as Chief Creative Officer where he was subsequently named Vice Chairman and Group Chief Creative Officer in 2001. Moretti currently serves on the board of the ADCE, Pubblicità Progresso Foundation, and is an active member of the TP and IAA.

Johannes Newrkla, founding member and president of ADCE from 2003-2007, will assume the role of Treasurer of the ADCE while continuing his work at Bluetango in Vienna, of which he is founder and CEO.

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