Ingram Hires Ken Roman as Tempus, CIA Advisor

U.K.-based Tempus Group is stepping up plans to expand its CIA Medianetwork with the hiring of advertising veteran Ken Roman.

Roman, who spent 26 years at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, leaving in 1989 as chairman and CEO, has signed on as Tempus and CIA’s senior advisor in North America.

His mission is to identify acquisition targets and help CIA and Tempus’ other American companies evaluate their purchasing plans. The terms of his stint with the media network is open-ended, he said, describing his role as that of “an avuncular consultant—hands off but with a lot to say.”

Five years ago, Roman, who currently serves on the boards of Compaq Computer, Brunswick Corp.