Leader: More questions as another head exits

Even in the darkest days of the protracted economic slowdown that gripped Asia, there was little change at the top echelons of regional agencies for the better part of the last four years. With the exception of an early 2003 change of guard at J. Walter Thompson, agencies like Ogilvy & Mather, FCB, Bates and TBWA have had the same chiefs since the late '90s. Now, we have two regional heads - Grey Global Group's Eric Rosenkranz and Saatchi & Saatchi's Patrick Pitcher - leaving within weeks of each other and another rumoured to be very close to an exit. And the year has barely hit its stride.