BUNTIN Names New Chief Financial Officer

BUNTIN has named Michael Buck Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. His responsibilities will include oversight of the agency’s finance, accounting, systems, contracting/reporting, legal and business performance functions.

Buck’s appointment comes at a time of significant momentum for the agency and in support of a multi-year plan looking forward that includes continued significant agency growth, notes BUNTIN CEO Jeffrey Buntin, Jr. “Michael is widely regarded across our industry as a best-in-class financial mind, as well as a leader who invests deeply in people and in the culture around him,” he says. “It is the right combination for what we value as an agency today, and where we seek to go in the future. We are excited to have him join in the work we are doing to grow our own business, as well as the business of our clients.”

Buck’s track record spans over 20 years in CFO roles at agencies Translation, Novus Media (part of Omnicom), Mindshare (part of WPP), Initiative Media and The Lowe Group (both part of IPG), as well as COO/CFO roles at Global Prairie and Media Options. Most recently, Buck has operated his own consultancy, AdSolutions.

His work has included development of proprietary operations and financial systems implementation software, agency performance compensation models, managing and integrating agency acquisitions, and helping to develop the professional careers of many of today’s top financial leaders in the ad industry.