Tag Archives: Sir Martin Sorrell

Next month’s WPP AGM looks set to be a lively affair with chairman (currently executive chairman following the defenstration of CEO and founder Sir Martin Sorrell) Roberto Quarta (below) set to face criticism for, among other things, turfing his CEO ...

The FT reckons Oath CEO Tim Armstrong is top of headhunter Russell Reynolds’ list of candidates to succeed Sir Martin Sorrell as CEO of WPP, along with Unilever CMO Keith Weed. There may not be an outsider of course as ...

If you thought you’d seen the last of him – running a marcoms business anyway – you haven’t. Departed WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell (below) has told a US tech conference he’s going to “start again” and “stick to his ...

The events at WPP have raised questions about global networks, not just because of Facebook and Google but also clients going in-house or cherry picking agencies on a job by job basis. I always thought the desire for an advertising ...

WPP flatlined in the first quarter of 2018 with like-for-like revenues less pass through costs down 0.1 per cent (net sales as was), which would have been seen as a problem had Sir Martin Sorrell still been in charge but, ...

Departed WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell was paid £13.9m by WPP in 2017, including a £10m share handout. This compares to the £48.1m he received in 2016 and stonking £70.4m he trousered in 2015. He still stands to collect up ...

Here’s another picture worth a thousand words, taken from an interesting article on the Sorrell fall-out and its implications for Mad. Ave. by Avi Dan in Forbes. No idea where this dodgy crew were when it was taken – Cannes? ...

Did Sir Martin Sorrell’s abrupt demise from WPP spark Ford’s announcement that it was inviting other agencies to pitch for its account; handled (mostly) by JWT from Model T days and latterly with WPP’s GTB (Global Team Blue) agency? Ford ...

WPP’s new acting COOs Mark Read and Andrew Scott (below) have surfaced publicly for the first time with a memo to WPP’s staff (nobody seems to know quite how many there are – 130,000? 200,000?) outlining the way they see ...