Harris Diamond

Webit Speaker, Chairman & CEO, McCann Worldwide

As Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of McCann Worldgroup, Harris Diamond leads a multidisciplinary marketing services organization that creates communications solutions for the world’s largest and best-known companies and brands.

Under his leadership, McCann Worldgroup was named Adweek magazine’s “Global Agency Of The Year 2019” and was named Network of the Year at the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The agency was also named the Most Creatively Effective Agency Network by the global 2019 Effie Effectiveness Index for the second consecutive year. McCann Worldgroup has also been named to Advertising Age’s “A-List” every year from 2016 through 2019 in recognition of its integrated, client-focused capabilities and creativity.

Prior to joining McCann Worldgroup, Harris became CEO of Weber Shandwick in 2001 when Interpublic acquired BSMG, a leading public relations firm, where Harris was a founding partner and CEO, and combined it with Weber Shandwick.

Harris also served as CEO of IPG’s multidiscipline Constituency Management Group (CMG), which was created in 2004 and comprised companies in public relations (Weber Shandwick, Golin), sports marketing (Octagon), experiential marketing (Jack Morton Worldwide), and consulting/branding design (FutureBrand).

Harris’s civic involvements have encompassed both the health and cultural areas. He serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Ronald McDonald House of New York, which helps provide a home away from home for children being treated for serious illness; on the Board of Advisors of the Columbia University Medical Center; and as a Board member of the New York City Center, the performing arts venue. Harris also holds industry positions as a board member of the U.S. Ad Council, has served on the Board of Directors of several public companies, and was a Chairman of the Council of Public Relations Firms.