Universal McCann (UM), a sustainable communications solutions provider, has appointed a new president for the EMEA region.

Jim Hytner most recently has been the commercial director of Top Up TV and former marketing director of Barclays. Hytner will be tasked with building the UM network across all Europe, Middle East and Africa territories.

Hytner has a wealth of industry experience with both client and media owner roles and has previously held the posts of marketing manager at Coca-Cola, marketing director at BSkyB, marketing and new business director at Channel 5, marketing director at ITV and group brand director at Barclays.

He will report to Matt Seiler, the global chief executive of UM and Graham Duff the EMEA president of Interpublic’s Mediabrands group. – TradeArabia News Group