Viertel replaces McDonald as Burnett S'pore MD

Kurt Viertel is to replace Phil McDonald (pictured) as managing director of Leo Burnett Singapore, barely six months after McDonald's appointment (Media, 22 May 2006). <BR><BR> Viertel will relocate from Burnett's Vietnam office where he has been serving as MD for the past two years. Replacing Viertel as MD of Vietnam is David Lester, previously regional account director on the Friesland business. <BR><BR> McDonald will return to his native Brisbane, Australia with George Patterson Y&R.