Omnicom Group announced the appointment of Brian Clayton, Chief Data Privacy Officer. In this new role, Clayton will be responsible for driving Omnicom's privacy first approach while ensuring brands and the company comply with the increasingly complex data privacy laws and regulations around the globe. Clayton comes to Omnicom from Conduent, a former Xerox company, where he was Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer overseeing data privacy and compliance for more than 65,000 employees in over 70 countries.

While at Conduent, since 2002, Clayton designed and implemented privacy programs to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, including Privacy-By-Design, CCPA, GDPR, GLBA and HIPAA. Brian holds a CIPP/US certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals ("IAPP") and served as a member of the IAPP's Publications Advisory Board 2019 - 2021.