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WPP

JE00B8KF9B49

Advertising & Marketing

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Executive Committee: WPP plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

Mark Read

58 year

Chief Executive Officer

2018-09-02

Andrea Harris

General Counsel

2004-12-31

Thomas A. Singlehurst

Investor Relations Contact

Rosemary Wilson

50 year

Director of Finance/CFO

2023-04-26

Balbir Kelly-Bisla

Corporate Secretary

2020-03-31

Laurent Ezekiel

51 year

Sales & Marketing

2018-12-31

Lindsay Pattison

51 year

Human Resources Officer

2023-12-31

Stephan Pretorius

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2018-10-04

Andrew Scott

57 year

Chief Operating Officer

2018-04-13

Composition of the Board of Directors: WPP plc

Director

CommitteesSince

Philip Jansen

58 year

Compensation Committee	2024-12-31
Governance Committee Chair	2024-12-31
Nominating Committee Chair	2024-12-31

Ya-Qin Zhang

59 year

Audit Committee	2019-12-31
Compensation Committee	2018-08-01
Nominating Committee	2018-08-01
Compensation Committee Chair	2019-12-31
Governance Committee	2020-01-22
Governance Committee Chair	2019-12-31

Angela Ahrendts

65 year

Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Finance Committee Chair
Compensation Committee Chair	2019-05-15
HR Committee Chair	2019-05-15

Thomas Ilube

62 year

Audit Committee	2020-10-04
Compensation Committee	2020-10-04
Governance Committee	2020-10-04
Nominating Committee	2020-10-04

Cindy Rose

60 year

Audit Committee	2019-03-31
Governance Committee	2023-05-16
Nominating Committee	2023-05-16

Keith Weed

64 year

Audit Committee	2020-06-30
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee	2020-06-30

Rosemary Wilson

50 year

Audit Committee	2021-09-30
Nominating Committee	2021-09-30

Sandrine Dufour

58 year

Compensation Committee	2020-02-02
Audit Committee Chair

Jasmine Mary Whitbread

62 year

Compensation Committee Chair	2020-06-09
Governance Committee Chair	2022-01-31

Simon Dingemans

62 year

Audit Committee

2024-12-31

Mark Read

58 year

Director/Board Member

2018-09-02

Andrew Scott

57 year

Director/Board Member

2023-09-06

Latest Appointments: WPP plc

Who is WPP's new CEO Cindy Rose?	Jul. 10	RE
WPP Appoints Cindy Rose as Chief Executive	Jul. 10	MT
WPP hires Microsoft executive Cindy Rose as new chief executive	Jul. 10	AN
WPP plc Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes, Effective 1 September 2025	Jul. 10	CI
WPP taps Microsoft exec Rose to rebuild ad group	Jul. 10	RE
WPP taps Microsoft exec Rose to rebuild ad group	Jul. 10	RE
UK's WPP Appoints New CEO	Jul. 10	MT

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Former Officers and Directors: WPP plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Roberto Quarta

Director/Board Member	2014-12-31	2015-06-08
Chairman	2015-06-08	2024-12-30

Jennifer Remling

Human Resources Officer

2021-09-30

2023-12-31

Andrew Robertson Payne

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2007-12-31

2023-07-31

Tarek Farahat

Director/Board Member	2016-10-10	2023-05-16
Independent Dir/Board Member	2016-10-10	2023-05-16

Nicole Seligman

Director/Board Member	2013-12-31	2023-05-16
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-12-31	2023-05-16

John Rogers

Director/Board Member	2020-02-02	2023-04-26
Director of Finance/CFO	2020-02-02	2023-04-26

Peregrine Riviere

Investor Relations Contact

2022-08-01

Jacques Aigrain

Director/Board Member	2013-05-12	2022-04-30
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-05-12	2022-04-30

David Sable

Corporate Officer/Principal

2018-12-31

2021-02-28

Jacqueline Canney

Human Resources Officer

2019-05-31

2020-12-31

Solomon Trujillo

Director/Board Member	2010-10-11	2020-06-09
Independent Dir/Board Member	2010-10-11	2020-06-09

John Hood

Director/Board Member

2013-12-31

2020-06-09

Daniela Riccardi

Director/Board Member

2013-09-11

2020-06-09

Paul W. G. Richardson

Director/Board Member	1997-12-31	2020-04-30
Director of Finance/CFO	1997-12-31	2020-04-30
Treasurer	1992-10-31	1997-12-31

Lisa Hau

Investor Relations Contact

2016-05-31

2020-02-29

Glen Ames

Investor Relations Contact

2016-05-31

2020-02-29

Demet Ikiler

Corporate Officer/Principal

2012-12-31

2020-01-31

Marie W. Capes

Corporate Secretary

2019-12-31

Jeff Devlin

Corporate Officer/Principal

2015-12-31

2019-12-31

Mark Linaugh

Corporate Officer/Principal

2012-10-31

2019-06-02

George S. Rogers

Corporate Officer/Principal

2004-12-31

2018-11-30

Jon Steel

Corporate Officer/Principal

2018-11-30

Hugo Shong

Director/Board Member	2013-05-12	2018-07-30
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-05-12	2018-07-30

Scott Spirit

Corporate Officer/Principal

2018-05-31

Martin Sorrell

Director/Board Member	1984-12-31	2018-04-13
Chief Executive Officer	1984-12-31	2018-04-13
Founder	1984-12-31	2018-04-13

Michael Fleischer

President

2017-06-29

Charlene Begley

Director/Board Member	2013-11-30	2017-06-06
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-11-30	2017-06-06

Timothy Shriver

Director/Board Member	2007-07-31	2017-06-06
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-07-31	2017-06-06

Daniel Sanchez

Corporate Officer/Principal

2013-11-30

2017-03-31

McFall Christie

Private Equity Investor

2013-06-30

2017-01-31

Chien Ling Lee

Chief Executive Officer

2012-12-31

2016-12-31

Roger Agnelli

Director/Board Member	2013-05-12	2016-03-18
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-05-12	2016-03-18

Tamara Ingram

Corporate Officer/Principal

2015-04-30

2016-02-29

Geoffrey Charles E. Wild

Chairman

1997-12-31

2015-12-31

Christopher Sweetland

Public Communications Contact	1988-12-31	2015-12-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	1988-12-31	2015-12-31

Dominic Charles Grainger

Corporate Officer/Principal

2019-09-30

Colin Day

Director/Board Member	2012-10-31	2015-05-31
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	2015-05-31

Philip Lader

Chairman	2012-10-31	2015-05-31
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	2015-05-31

Esther Dyson

Director/Board Member

1999-05-31

2013-12-31

Koichiro Naganuma

Director/Board Member

2012-10-31

2013-06-11

Paul Spencer

Director/Board Member	2012-10-31	2013-06-11
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	2013-06-11

Stanley W. Morten

Director/Board Member

2012-10-31

2013-06-11

John Quelch

Director/Board Member

1987-12-31

2013-06-11

Sally Susman

Director/Board Member	2013-05-12	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-05-12	-

Orit Gadiesh

Director/Board Member	2012-10-31	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	-

Lubna Suliman Al-Olayan

Director/Board Member

2005-02-28

2012-05-31

Greg Sharp

Corporate Officer/Principal

2006-06-30

2012-02-29

Melvin Wilson

Director/Board Member

2009-04-30

2011-06-29

Richard C. Powell

Chief Operating Officer

2007-07-31

2010-12-31

Rui Gang Li

Director/Board Member

2010-10-11

Christian Dorffer

Private Equity Investor

2006-02-28

2008-12-30

David Shearer

Corporate Officer/Principal

1999-12-31

2008-06-30

Margo Hays

Consultant / Advisor

2006-12-31

2007-12-31

John O’Keeffe

Corporate Officer/Principal

2007-12-31

Kirsten Mabry

Corporate Officer/Principal

2002-12-31

2006-09-29

Daniel Floyed

Corporate Officer/Principal

1996-12-31

2005-12-30

Beth Axelrod

Director/Board Member	2001-12-31	2004-12-31
Human Resources Officer	2001-12-31	2004-12-31

Jeffrey Allen Rosen

Director/Board Member	2012-10-31	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	-

Laurence Mellman

Corporate Officer/Principal

1995-12-31

Stuart Diamond

Corporate Officer/Principal

Joanna Rachael Parnell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sean Larkins

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard Zwern

Corporate Officer/Principal

Yasser Al Ayyoubi

Corporate Officer/Principal

Diana Riser

Corporate Officer/Principal

Don Baer

Chairman

Steve Winters

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

David Roth

Corporate Officer/Principal

Adam Smith

Corporate Officer/Principal

Joseph Colliver

Director of Finance/CFO	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Ailsa Lochrie

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ranjana Singh

Corporate Officer/Principal

Fran Butera

Investor Relations Contact

Karen Blackett

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sukanya Anand Kripalu

Chief Executive Officer

Feona McEwan

Public Communications Contact

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	15
Female	11

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	4

Of which Directors

Male	7
Female	5

Revisions

Revenue revisions (1 year)

Revenue revisions (4 months)

Revenue revisions (1 month)

EPS revisions (1 year)

EPS revisions (4 months)

ESG MSCI

ESG

Environment

Social

Governance

Controversy

Ethical controversies

Human rights controversies

Tax subsidies controversies

Sharia compliant

WPP plc is one of the world's largest communication groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - advertising and marketing services (84.8%): operating through GroupM, AKQA, Ogilvy, Wunderman Thompson, VMLY&R and Hogarth. The group also develops an advertising space purchase activity and offers services in institutional and financial communications, healthcare communications, relationship marketing, etc.; - public relations (8.5%): Burson Cohn & Wolfe, Hill+Knowlton Strategies and FGS Global; - specialized communication services (6.7%): Landor & Fitch and Design Bridge and Partners. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (14.5%), Continental and Western Europe (20.5%), North America (37.2%) and Asia/Pacific/Latin America/Africa/Middle East/Central and Eastern Europe (27.8%).

Employees

108,044

Sector

Advertising & Marketing

Calendar

Aug. 06 - Q2 2025 Earnings Release

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