By Adriano Marchese 



  WPP PLC said Thursday that it has appointed former Burberry chief executive officer, Angela Ahrendts, as nonexecutive director, effective July 1. 


  The company said Ms. Ahrendts brings experience in the fashion and retail world spanning more than three decades. 


  She arrives at WPP from Apple, where she served as senior vice president of retail from Apple Inc. between May 2014 and April 2019. 


  Prior to that, Ms. Ahrendts joined Apple after Burberry, where she led the company as its CEO from 2006 to 2014. 


  WPP, which owns agencies such as Wunderman Thompson and GroupM, said that Ms. Ahrendts also served as a member of the U.K. Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council from 2010 to 2015. 


  Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com