GyroHSR appoints Kevin Allen as international planning director

GyroHSR has appointed Kevin Allen to the new role of international planning director, following a series of global wins for the agency, including FedEx and Heathrow Express.

Christopher Becker: chief creative and executive officer of GyroHSR
Christopher Becker: chief creative and executive officer of GyroHSR

Allen joins GyroHSR from BBDO/Proximity Worldwide, where he has worked as global head of planning for the past three years. While at BBDO/Proximity Worldwide, Allen was instrumental in developing some of the agency’s largest international clients, such as GE, Bayer and Allianz.

Prior to joining BBDO/Proximity Worldwide, Allen set up his own agency in 2000, Wild Onion, which then merged with independent shop Cramm Francis Woolf.

Allen’s move to GyroHSR signals a major investment by the agency across planning and creative, to support its growing number of global clients.

to handle its pan-European integrated account. The previous month, the agency had been handed the consolidated global advertising and media account

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