JWT Rings Out Old

Peter Schweitzer’s star is rising at J. Walter Thompson. In an interview last week, JWT ceo Burt Manning said it was his intention eventually to promote Schweitzer, currently vice chairman/agency operations, to president of the J. Walter Thompson Co., a new post. As part of the shift, Schweitzer would move from Detroit to New York.
In another personnel shift, the departure last week of executive vp/planning and development Don Sullivan signals the promotion of Lew Trencher, the agency’s chief financial officer to the title of chief financial and administrative officer.
Vice chairman/client operations Bill Thompson, meanwhile, was named to the agency compensation committee, which determines compensation for agency employees.
In that role, he will work closely with Schweitzer, Trencher and Manning.
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