MEC APAC boss Stephen Li shifts to OMD as Steve Blakeman leaves Asia after a decade

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Stephen Li, the APAC head of GroupM agency MEC, is moving over to Omnicom rival OMD to take on the role being vacated by Steve Blakeman who is leaving the region after just under a decade to return to the UK.

Blakeman, who first came to Asia as regional head of strategy for IPG Mediabrands agency Initiative in 2006, is moving to London to take on a global position for OMD, the agency has confirmed.

Li, who takes on Blakeman’s duties at OMD, calls time on four years as APAC CEO of MEC and nine years with the agency. MEC had not commented on a likely replacement for Li at the time of going to press.