Dick Thomas Named President, CEO of Frankel

Frankel, a leading promotional marketing agency in the Publicis Groupe SA agency network, has named Dick Thomas President, CEO of Frankel.

Dick Thomas Named President, CEO of Frankel

CHICAGO, IL -- October 3, 2002 -- Frankel, a leading promotional marketing agency in the Publicis Groupe SA agency network, has named Dick Thomas President, CEO of Frankel. Thomas reports to Jim Mack, Group Chairman of Frankel.

As president, Dick Thomas will focus on short and long-term growth opportunities for Frankel and delivering the best ideas and solutions and the highest level of thinking to the clients. As Group Chairman of Frankel, Jim Mack will continue to focus on building and growing the agencys clients in addition to its growing subsidiaries Creative Aim, Asterisk*, and Marketing Events.

According to Jim Mack, Group Chairman of Frankel, In order to build upon Frankels long established reputation as a leader in the marketing services arena and to prepare the agency for 2003 and beyond, we must have a strong leadership team in place. Dick has a proven track record of developing business, recognizing trends in the marketplace and translating those trends into growth opportunities for Frankel and our clients."

Added Mack Dick has all the experience, qualities and competencies to provide Frankel and its clients with strong leadership. He has continued to succeed and grow with every responsibility assigned to him from new business development, client management and strategic planning. I believe Dick is more than prepared to build upon the Frankel leadership heritage and take the agency to the next level."

Thomas, 46, joined the agency in 1993 as vice president, business development. In 1995, he was named senior vice president and had the added responsibilities for identifying and growing the agencys non-promotional capabilities. In 1999, he was named executive vice president responsible for two agency subsidiaries and the re-positioning of the direct, database marketing and digital marketing capabilities.

Prior to joining Frankel, Dick held numerous sales, marketing and management positions at Donnelley Marketing and Johnson & Johnson.

Built on a strategic sales promotion heritage, Frankel is the nations leading full-service marketing agency. Frankel delivers unique insights into consumer behavior that fuel impactful creative that drives results. Combined with its expertise in channel dynamics and co-marketing. Frankel strategically manages all brand contacts to create consumer action . Frankel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Paris-based Publicis Groupe SA.