After two years spent as EVP/senior director at BBDO New York, Rob Thorsen has returned to Mother to take on the post of global business director. Thorsen originally served as senior strategist at Mother for 2 1/2 years until leaving for BBDO in 2007. Now that he’s back, Thorsen will not only lead the Stella Artois team, which is based in London, but will oversee Mother’s newly won Powerade business out of the agency’s New York office.

Before originally joining Mother, Thorsen spent five years at BBH as an account director, helping launch the Axe brand in the U.S.

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