Matt Ryan is the President of Global Brands at Havas Worldwide and Co-Chairman of Havas Worldwide New York.

Matt was previously Global Chief Marketing Officer of Havas Worldwide, formerly known as Euro RSCG Worldwide. He joined the group from sister agency Arnold Worldwide, where he served as EVP, Executive Director, and led the agency’s winning team in the global Volvo review. In addition to Volvo, Matt worked with clients such as Fidelity and Timberland, providing leadership to the agency's strategic services.

Matt started his career in advertising, working as an account manager in various agencies such as Doyle Dane Bernbach, Ally & Gargano, and the small shop Lord Geller Federico & Einstein/Lord Einstein O’Neill.

In 1990, he founded the integrated agency Ryan, Drossman & Partners, Inc., an advanced leader in digital and new technologies that brilliantly launched brands including MovieFone, Sportsline.com, TheStreet.com, Verio, eSpeed, European Business News (WSJ), S+ WBIS (Dow Jones and Cablevision). He ran the business for 10 years.

In 2002, he became Executive Vice President, Partner, at the pioneer communications management consultancy Roth Associates, where he managed advertising and media agency search for leading national and global advertisers such as Ford (Jaguar), Toyota, and Shell.

Matt graduated from the Syracuse University with a BA in Political Science and a BS in Newspaper Journalism.