Clients:

– Mark McCauley has been promoted to vp marketing at McCain Foods in Florenceville, n.b. He was formerly marketing manager.

– Brian Cousins has joined Biogen Canada as marketing manager on the Avonex brand, a treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. Cousins was previously at DuPont Pharma.

Agencies:

– David Kelso has joined MacLaren McCann of Toronto as senior vp and group creative director. Most recently, he was at Cossette Communication-Marketing of Toronto as group creative director. This isn’t Kelso’s first stint at MacLaren. Prior to joining Durnan Communications as creative director back in October of 1996, he was vp and group creative director at the agency.

– Tony Altilia has returned to Canada as president of Vickers & Benson Advertising, Toronto. Since 1993, Altilia has been based in the Chicago office of Leo Burnett, where he worked as worldwide account director on Reebok and international account director on McDonald’s.

– Shari Walczak has been promoted to interactive communications director at Leo Burnett of Toronto. She was previously interactive account supervisor.

– Helen Pak and Sarah Goodman have joined Ranscombe & Co. of Toronto as senior art director and senior account executive respectively. Pak comes from J. Walter Thompson of Toronto where she was an art director, while Goodman was an account executive at MacLaren McCann of Toronto.

– Jean-Jacques Streliski has been appointed vp and chief creative officer at PNMD Communication of Montreal. Most recently, he was executive creative director.

– Frank Lepre has joined Dentsu-Cadence Canada in Toronto as associate creative director on the agency’s Lexus account. Lepre has worked with Leo Burnett, Chiat/Day, taxi and Cossette.

– Tony Iantorno has joined Lasso Communications as general manager of the agency’s smart card and loyalty program business. Most recently he was chief financial officer at Solect Technology Group.

Direct Marketing:

– Adrian Bertumen has joined Wunderman Cato Johnson of Toronto as art director on the Citibank, cdhq and Columbia House accounts. Also at wcj, Steve Castellano has been promoted from studio designer to senior studio designer.