COI appoints Mark Lund as chief executive

The COI has confirmed that Mark Lund (pictured) of Delaney Lund Knox Warren (DLKW) is to take the role of chief executive of COI to replace Alan Bishop.

Last year the agency founders received their earn out following the acquisition of DLKW by Creston in 2005.

Chairman Greg Delaney says that the agency’s team is being strengthened with several new hires and that there is still a lot of continuity. Tom Knox and Richard Warren are to become joint CEOs of the agency .

Bishop left COI in October to become chief executive of Southbank Centre.

DLKW is on the COI roster and Lund is currently chairman of the Advertising Association.

Creston reported that I was on course to meet trading expectations for the year .It recently appointed Lowe creative director George Prest as European creative director.