Eric Salama, long-time CEO of WPP’s Kantar research operation which is now 60 per cent owned by Bain Capital, is stepping down after 17 years. The sale to Bain completed last week. WPP keeps the balance. Salama (below) is staying ...
Read More »WPP’s decision to exit US TV ratings market may herald more big changes at research operation Kantar
Is WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell gradually dismantling Kantar, his big research offering? We only ask because WPP this week announced the second of two deals which see big slugs of Kantar business turned into minority stakes in rival companies. ...
Read More »WPP’s Sorrell to get his way over pay this time but shareholders look for ways to rein him in
It looks as though WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell (left) is set to trouser the £17.6m the company decided he was worth last year as shareholders at this year’s AGM (set for Wednesday) will vote fairly narrowly in favour. But ...
Read More »Does Bessie Lee’s promotion to CEO WPP China signal important changes at the marcoms giant?
Bessie Lee sounds like a blues singer but she’s not, she’s head of WPP’s mighty media organisation GroupM in China. And now Lee (pictured), who began her career with WPP 23 years ago in Taiwan, has been promoted – to ...
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