JWT North American Chief Sherman Jumps to Omnicom

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Peter Sherman is returning to Omnicom as an executive vice president after seven months at JWT. The longtime BBDO exec moved to the WPP agency as CEO of its New York office in mid-August and was promoted to chief executive of JWT North America in December. 

Since Sherman's move to JWT, the management hierarchy changed: In November, JWT named Gustavo Martinez global president in line to succeed the agency’s worldwide chief Bob Jeffrey in 2015. Martinez had been president of Europe and Asia for McCann Worldgroup.

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