Hamish McLennan
Hamish McLennan (born 13 June 1966) is an Australasian businessman, who is chairman of REA Group, a $12 billion global online real estate advertising company, a non executive director of the $65 billion Magellan Financial Group and advisor to technology company, Tiger Pistol headquartered in Austin, Texas. He was previously Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman, News Corporation, and Chairman of Young & Rubicam (Y&R), the largest division of Y&R Brands which is in turn owned by WPP plc a British multinational advertising and public relations company. He was also previously Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Australian Media company Ten Network Holdings.

Career 
McLennan began his career in Sydney, working for Australia's largest advertising firm George Patterson Bates, training in every area of the agency before pursuing a career in Account Management. In 1994, he moved to Bates Hong Kong as the International Client Services Director. He relocated to the agency’s Sydney office before being appointed (at age 32) as the Managing Director of George Patterson Bates Melbourne, and in 1999 he was named National Managing Director.

Three years later, in 2002, he moved to Young & Rubicam as Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Australia/New Zealand. The agency embarked on a cost cutting and new business drive that saw it lead all agencies for two consecutive years in terms of new business revenue conversion. At the same time, the agency claimed a number of Cannes Grand Prix awards and built a market leading digital practice upon their new client Telstra - Australia's largest telecommunications carrier. He then led the acquisition of his former agency to form George Patterson Y&R, the marketing communications group. In 2006, WPP’s Martin Sorrell appointed him Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam globally. Under his leadership, the firm won global clients like LG, Bacardi, Dell, Goldman Sachs and Virgin Atlantic. 

For more than a year, McLennan worked with Rupert Murdoch as Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman, News Corporation.

In March 2013, McLennan was appointed as CEO and Managing Director of Ten Network Holdings Ltd (ASX: TEN) replacing James Warburton.

McLennan reshaped the audience strategy and revitalised the Network's fortunes in a short period of time by implementing new sports and reality TV programming. https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/ten-increases-share-of-advertising-to-highest-level-since-2012-20160728-gqfu2z.html

On 27 July 2015, McLennan stepped down from Ten Network Holdings Ltd as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman to diminish ACCC conflict for News Corp. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-27/ten-ceo-mclennan-departure-to-break-news-corp-links/6651188 

In 2018, Hamish McLennan as Chairman of REA continues their growth strategy momentum - acquiring a number of complimentary businesses in areas of data and digital. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/hamish-mclennan-retailers-can-exploit-amazon-blockade/news-story/780e1cb27b23536d5ea918dac8088260

In 2019, Hamish McLennan was named Chairman of Australia's leading radio network with the No.1 stations in Sydney and Melbourne. See: https://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/hamish-mclennan-tipped-to-be-named-here-there--everywhere-chairman-20181030-h179gw. http://www.adnews.com.au/news/htande-appoints-former-ten-ceo-hamish-mclennan-as-chairman

In June 2019, Hamish McLennan was named Deputy Chairman of Magellan Asset Management - a leading investment management firm in Australia with $83 Billion under management. See: https://www.investordaily.com.au/appointments/45077-magellan-switches-up-leadership

Social responsibility 
McLennan was a Board member of the United Negro College Fund, an American philanthropic organisation that funds scholarships for black students. He also serves on the board of the Advertising Council, an American non-profit organisation that creates and promotes public service announcements.

In 2007, he invited former U.S. Vice President Al Gore to Cannes, the industry’s most global creative festival, to rally the industry to get involved in the issue of climate change. That same year, Y&R helped Gore build awareness of climate change through the Live Earth Concerts that took place on 7 continents on 7 July 2007 (7/7/07).

In 2019, he joined the Garvan Institute Medical Research Fundraising Board. The Garvan has over 600 researchers focussed on biomedical and genomics research and is one of the three leading institutes in the world in the sequencing the human genome.

Professional leadership 
McLennan has been a participant at the World Economic Forum at Davos, where he has served on panels, ranging from the future of the Automotive Industry to Innovation. He also participated in the Davos Reverse Mentoring Programme, designed to increase the visibility of female employees in media companies.

Since 2007, he has created seminars at the International Festival at Cannes that have included Rupert Murdoch and his then #2 leader at News Corp, Peter Chernin, as well as Roger Daltrey, frontman of the band The Who, along with his long-time impresario, Harvey Goldsmith.

Personal 
Hamish McLennan was born on 13 June 1966, in Sydney, Australia. He is married to Lucinda and they have a son and daughter.