How we’re doing

Reports from our company leaders

Our business is best understood through an understanding of its constituent parts. On the following pages, the leaders of our major companies give summary accounts of their performance and progress in 2015.

Advertising

J. Walter Thompson

Report by Tamara Ingram (left)
Chief executive officer

Ogilvy & Mather

Report by Miles Young (right)
Worldwide chairman

and

John Seifert (left)
Worldwide chief executive officer

OgilvyOne Worldwide

Report by Brian Fetherstonhaugh
Chairman and chief executive officer

Ogilvy Public Relations

Report by Christopher Graves (right)
Global chairman
and
Dr Stuart Smith (left)
Global chief executive officer

Y&R Group

Report by Peter Stringham
Retiring chief executive officer

Report by Peter Law-Gisiko
Chief executive officer

Y&R

Report by David Sable
Global chief executive officer

VML

Report by Jon Cook
Global chief executive officer

Wunderman

Report by Mark Read
Global chief executive officer

Burson-Marsteller

Report by Donald A. Baer
Worldwide chair and chief executive officer

Landor

Report by Lois Jacobs
Chief executive officer

Sudler & Hennessey

Report by Jed Beitler
Chairman and chief executive officer worldwide

Bravo

Report by Eric Hoyt
President and chief executive officer

Grey

Report by Jim Heekin
Chairman and chief executive officer

Bates CHI&Partners

Report by David Mayo (left)
Chief executive officer, Asia
and
Johnny Hornby (right)
Chief executive officer

Commarco

Report by Christian Tiedemann (right)
Joint chief executive officer

Media Investment Management

GroupM

Report by Irwin Gotlieb (right)
Global chairman
and
Dominic Proctor (left)
Global president

Xaxis

Report by Brian Gleason
Chief executive officer

Maxus

Report by Lindsay Pattison
Worldwide chief executive officer

MediaCom

Report by Stephen Allan
Worldwide chairman and chief executive officer

MEC

Report by Charles Courtier
Chief executive officer

Mindshare

Report by Nick Emery
Chief executive officer

Essence

Report by Christian Juhl
Global chief executive officer

tenthavenue

Report by Rupert Day
Chief executive officer

Data Investment Management

Kantar

Report by Eric Salama (front row, second left)
Chairman and chief executive officer

Public Relations & Public Affairs

Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Report by Jack Martin (left)
Chief executive officer and chairman

Cohn & Wolfe

Report by Donna Imperato
Chief executive officer

Finsbury

Report by Roland Rudd (right)
Chairman
and
Michael Gross (left)
Chief executive officer

HERING SCHUPPENER

Report by Ralf Hering
Principal partner and chief executive officer

Burson-Marsteller

Report by Donald A. Baer
Worldwide chair and chief executive officer

Branding & Identity

Landor

Report by Lois Jacobs
Chief executive officer

Group XP

Report by Simon Bolton
Group chief executive officer

Brand Union

Report by Toby Southgate
Worldwide chief executive officer

FITCH

Report by Simon Bolton
Worldwide chief executive officer

SET

Report by Sabina Teshler
Founder and chief executive officer

The Partnership

Report by Jim Prior
Chief executive officer

Healthcare Communications

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide

Report by Matt Giegerich
Chairman and chief executive officer

ghg | greyhealth group

Report by Lynn Vos
Chief executive officer

GCI Health

Report by Wendy Lund
Chief executive officer

Direct, Digital, Promotion & Relationship Marketing

AKQA

Report by Ajaz Ahmed
Chief executive officer

Geometry Global

Report by Steve Harding
Global chief executive officer

Specialist Communications

Report by Mary-Ellen Howe (right)
Chief operating officer, Specialist Communications, North America
and
Laurence Mellman (left)
Chief operating officer, International Specialist Communications

WPP Digital

Report by Mark Read (front)
Chief executive officer
and
Mark Povey (far right)
Chief operating officer