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Wieden+Kennedy: Geographic Expansion
Wieden+Kennedy Mexico office established in 2023 under Jessica Apellaniz as first CCO, now serving major clients including Nike, Ford, Uber, and AB InBev with growing creative output and regional influence.
Source: Ad Age
The leadership read
Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for the sector leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.
Market context: Backdrop: a 107.2 (Hot) Talent Market Index (down 1.8 on the month) with Americas activity rising (+10.6pts).
Wieden+Kennedy: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 25 days.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
Market entry · Oceania
Square
Executive Search Fintech
Market entry
Dropbox
Executive Search for SaaS
Market entry · Asia
Deliveroo
Executive Search in ASEAN
Market entry · Oceania
SurveyMonkey
Managing Director APAC (first hire in region) / Country Manager
Market entry · Asia
LivePerson
Director ASEAN (first hire in region); also Head of Presales APAC
Market entry · Oceania
Etsy
Managing Director, Australia + Asia (MD APAC)
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More signals across Americas
Geographic Expansion · Americas
HarbourVest Partners →HarbourVest Partners, a $160B+ global private markets investment firm headquartered in Boston, secured its first New York City office at 9 W. 57th St. with a 10-year lease for 19,752 sq ft on the 49th floor.
Geographic Expansion · Americas
United Talent Agency →United Talent Agency is relocating its New York office to the Empire State Building, occupying 100,948 square feet across four floors. This represents a significant expansion and consolidation of UTA's New York operations, which house divisions across Filmed Entertainment, Creators, News, Publishing, Theatre, Music, Speakers, Sports, Brand Advisory and Executive Search.
Geographic Expansion · Americas
Mercuryo →Mercuryo and LBank expanded stablecoin access in Argentina with a new ARS (Argentine Peso) purchase offer, indicating market entry or deepening into the Latin American crypto/fiat on-ramp space.
Geographic Expansion · Americas
Enbridge →Enbridge received permit approval from Michigan EGLE for the Line 5 oil tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac, enabling infrastructure expansion in the region
Geographic Expansion · Americas
Courage →Courage, Canada's fastest-growing independent creative agency, opened its first location outside of Canada in New York, driven by unprecedented growth and US market opportunities.
Geographic Expansion · Americas
Lululemon →Lululemon opened a new automated distribution center in Brampton, Ontario featuring AutoStore system to strengthen fulfillment capabilities in US and Canadian markets.
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