"He fills a vacancy left by the April exit of Brian Collins, who had been ecd since 1999.Bates had been consulting at WPP Group's BIG for slightly more than a year, working with clients such as Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola and Mattel.One J&J project, for example, involved creating an identity for the packaged-goods giant at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which J&J is sponsoring." . . . .