IPG Chief Michael Roth on Firing Campbell Ewald's CEO and Being a Leader in Diversity

After staffer's racist email incident, 'we are moving forward'

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When it recently came to light that agency Campbell Ewald had for several months quietly tolerated a racist email sent by a creative director, the response from parent company IPG was a swift executive decapitation.

Not only was the San Antonio-based creative director behind the "Ghetto Day" note fired in January shortly after AgencySpy published the email, originally sent in October 2015, but CEO Jim Palmer was also terminated almost immediately. He was replaced by Campbell Ewald president Kevin Wertz.

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