Y&R Miami and Bravo Group name new Chief Client Officer and VP Executive Creative Director

Renée Lavecchia and Federico Hauri have been named Chief Client Officer and VP/ Executive Creative Director respectively for Y&R Miami and the Bravo Group. Lavecchia, a twenty-year veteran with the agency, will oversee all areas of client engagement, account management and integrated planning. Hauri, who moved to Y&R in 2014 initially to lead the Wendy’s Hispanic business, will be charged with leading and managing the agency’s creative output across all clients. Both will report to Eric Hoyt, President and CEO of the Bravo Group and Y&R Miami “Renée and Fede will continue to lead our efforts to enhance client-centricity and ensure we achieve our mission of becoming all our clients’ most valuable creative partner” said Hoyt. “Their partnership will continue to advance our agency’s culture of performance.” The two led the successful launch of Wendy’s ongoing Es Rico Ser Distintos Hispanic campaign, as well as Mazda’s latest Hispanic effort which launched in Japanese; and the beIN Sports’ beIN Bed integrated campaign for El Clásico creatively led by Hauri.