Tom Finneran

Tom Finneran is Executive Vice President, Agency Management Services. The 4A Management Services team provides industry guidance, member consultation and benchmark information in the areas of new business, agency compensation, agency management and operations. Mr. Finneran is a frequent speaker at industry events and he is often sited in press articles on a marketing industry topics including agency search, ownership of agency ideas and intellectual property, agency-client relations as well as agency compensation and client service agreements.

Prior to joining the 4A's in 2004 Tom's career entailed extensive ad agency and advertiser financial management experience.

Tom's agency experience encompassed an extended career as executive vice president/CFO at independant Jordan McGrath Case & Partners and Arnold McGrath Worldwide, a unit of Havas. He was also executive vice president/COO at Grey's promotional unit, J. Brown/LMC.

Tom began his career on the client side at Richardson Vicks and over the course of his years there, rose to become vice president, Operations-Finance, with Vidal Sassoon Inc., a Richardson Vicks/Procter & Gamble subsidiary.