Bolton Named Chief Of JWT U.K.

Simon Bolton, CEO and president of FCB Worldwide’s office here, was on Thursday named CEO of J. Walter Thompson’s United Kingdom office.

Beginning in early April, Bolton, 42, will supervise U.K. operations, which handle billings of more than $1 billion a year, from London.

“JWT has achieved prominence for more than a century helping to launch, sustain and renew many of the world’s great brands,” Bolton said in a news release. “I look forward to working with the accomplished people of Thompson to further its success.”