No other redundancies are likely, according to the agency, however, it was revealed that China managing director Ken Wright and Hong Kong executive creative director Marc Lucas will be leaving the agency amid a restructuring of the Hong Kong office.
The development came to light as Mars continued to shift business away from its long-time agency, D'Arcy, following a mutual decision by their respective head offices in the US to part company.
In the latest move, Mars awarded BBDO Southeast Asia its confectionary and pet food brands: Skittles, Cesar, Snickers and M&Ms. The agency in Korea also picked up the Dove and Twix business.
Just a week ago, it was announced that TBWA had won the Whiskas assignment across the region as well as Mars, Twix and Dove in Australia and Southeast Asia.
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